Asmaa Albarakati

“Her heart raced with joy to sleep with War”
― Homer, The Odyssey by Homer

“Every moment mortals died, by shipwreck and sword, by wild beasts and wild men, by illness, neglect, and age. It was their fate, Prometheus had told me, the story they all shared. No matter how vivid they were in life, no matter how brilliant, no matter the wonders they made, they came to dust and smoke. Meanwhile every petty and useless god would go on sucking down the bright air until the stars went dark.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Aphrodite’s thirst was never quenched; it was cruel and dreamy. It was certainly the most splendid kind of thirst.”
― Arthur Rimbaud, Selected Poems and Letters

“her dream was dipped in honey;
of a girl with hair like fire
and eyes like the night sky”
― Sumaiya Ahmed, Lost and Found