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The Good Counselor by Rachel Alexander

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“Draped down the front of her clothes were more jewels than the oldest, richest dynasty could hope to acquire in all its generations, much less a single mortal in a short lifetime. Any one of the rubies in her hair could ransom a princess.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

tags: gems, greek-mythology, hades, hades-and-persephone, persephone, wealth

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“Answer her name, and you’re a fool. Answer his, and you’re a liar.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

tags: goddess, greek-gods, greek-mythology, hades, hades-and-persephone, persephone

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“So you slept with a Medici. It doesn’t stop you being Michelangelo.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared

tags: art, art-market, art-world, artist, medici, michelangelo

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“One, who is twice woven, cannot remain your own.”
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

tags: greek-mythology, hades, hades-and-persephone, persephone, prophecy

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“Waste the air and speak,” the telepathic voice growled, “or I’ll rip your mind to shreds until nothing but a wish to die remains inside it.”
― Jesse Nolan Bailey, The Jealousy of Jalice

tags: fantasy, fear, horror, torture

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