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“I am Penelope, wife of Odysseus, queen of Ithaca.” This latter title must follow the first – for what is a queen, in this day and age? Fair Helen, in whose name died the last of the heroes? Or murderous Clytemnestra, who took being queen a
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“You're a sinister little shit, aren't you?" Victra asks.
"I'm Gold, bitch. What'd you expect? Warm milk and cookies just because I'm pocket sized?”
― Golden Son
"I'm Gold, bitch. What'd you expect? Warm milk and cookies just because I'm pocket sized?”
― Golden Son
“I do not touch his arm nor kiss his cheek nor run my fingers across his brow as he leaves the women to their labours, for I am Athena, and my love is marble within my chest.”
― The Last Song of Penelope
― The Last Song of Penelope
“Slowly she raises her eyes to heaven. Then out loud, without looking upon me, she spits these words: "Gods. Kings. Heroes of Greece." There is something she wants to address to these ideas, something complex, rich, bitter. She looks for the words, and can only find these: "Fuck you all.”
― The Last Song of Penelope
― The Last Song of Penelope
“There is nothing so dangerous as the need to be loved, as the desire to be seen, to be held, to be known in all your failings and loved despite them all.”
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“Wisdom is not always kind, truth not gentle, and neither am I.”
― The Last Song of Penelope
― The Last Song of Penelope
Elizabeth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elizabeth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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50 friends
218 books
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177 books
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201 books
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51 books
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