Aria Veil

“What is it about her? he wondered hopelessly. What did she offer him that he couldn't find elsewhere? Why did he persist in seeking her out, thinking about her, wanting her, when she was exactly wrong for him in nearly every way?”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“But he was not here to end a Gorgon's life, he realised with a sadness he could never have predicted. He was here to bring peace to a priestess.”
― Hannah M. Lynn, Athena's Child

“I do not know wars, but I know of battles. Battles waged in my family’s name when my first suitor came calling when I was just eight. Battles I waged when I refused to let men’s hands wander where they felt they had a right to, or when I refused to follow them on a walk, down a path or into an olive grove. I know of the battles I have waged as I stood in a marketplace and demanded that men look not at my breasts, or my eyes, or my legs but at the fruit which I was selling. These were not battles of blood, it is true, but they are battles. Battles that I have fought and won.”
― Hannah M. Lynn, Athena's Child

“I don't know about you... But honestly, as far as I'm concerned, you were all I had.”
― Waka Hirako