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“Yet for all that they are a hideous crowd, my daughter-in-law also has a taste, it must be said, for women of the fairer sort, hair fabulously washed and braided, oil rubbed into their extremely bare and muscled flesh.”
― Ithaca
― Ithaca
“She stood lit by the dying sun, her face smeared with grime and blood, her eyes wild and wide, and yet never in all her life had Penthesilea seen a more beautiful woman.”
― Queens of Themiscyra
― Queens of Themiscyra
“I look down and there is the goddess of the hunt herself, reclining backwards upon the surface of the pool while next to her a maid… let us say she is combing Artemis’s hair, for decency’s sake.”
― Ithaca
― Ithaca
“These people had waited on her for years. Some had looks of pity on their faces, while others seemed smug, as if enjoying another’s downfall, particularly someone with so far to drop. Then there were those who were undoubtedly relieved that they would no longer share a roof with the Oirapata.”
― Queens of Themiscyra
― Queens of Themiscyra
“You? It was not you who was not enough. You were too much for him, Sister. Always too much. Too strong. Too powerful. Too smart. Too compassionate. Too brave. Too loving. He tried to knock these wonderful qualities out of you and bring you down to his level, but he could not succeed. He did not replace you because you were inadequate, my darling Sister, believe me. He replaced you because he knew you were more than he could ever live up to.”
― Queens of Themiscyra
― Queens of Themiscyra
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