Jasmine Pingvin

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“A man was speaking, so I stopped listening.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment's carelessness. If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe