Aphelia

“But he was a harp with only one string, and the note it played was himself.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“A story could lead you into a different world for a while. It might be a world where a foolish youngest son could turn into a brave and clever hero, or a beaten young woman could end up as a wise leader of folk. And when the story was ended and that world was gone, you still had the idea of it inside you. Like a flame that didn't go out even when the bad things rattled and swirled and screamed, and worse, oh, much worse, when they whispered and goaded and tormented.”
― Juliet Marillier, Den of Wolves

“We are all stardust and stories.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“You are wise,” he said.

“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe