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“That was the problem with coming home: you also had to come to the self which resided there.”
― Abigail Dean, Girl A

“No longer was my world one of brave heroes; I was learning all too swiftly the women's pain that throbbed unspoken through the tales of their feats.”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“How strange is our mortal zest for fame. Perhaps it is the only way humans can be gods. We achieve immortality not through ambrosia and ichor but through history and reputation. Through statues and epic song”
― Stephen Fry, Troy

“That you had more hidden away inside you than anyone else she’d ever met.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet