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“Oceanos’ palace was a great wonder, set deep in the earth’s rock. Its high-arched halls were gilded, the stone floors smoothed by centuries of divine feet. Through every room ran the faint sound of Oceanos’ river, source of the world’s fresh waters, so dark you could not tell where it ended and the rock-bed began. On its banks grew grass and soft gray flowers,”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“The words slid into me, smooth as a polished knife.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“The world is an ugly place. We must live in it.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“His eyes were brown and warm as summer earth. His words were simple. They had no art to them, which of course was also art. He always knew how to show himself to best advantage.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe