“Often, they would say that at the very moment Agamemnon raised the knife, Artemis took pity on Iphigenia and swapped her for a deer. In this version of the story, my daughter lives on as a priestess and favourite of the goddess on an island somewhere. Crucially, in this telling, Agamemnon did nothing more than slaughter a simple animal. It’s poetic and pretty, and so very clean.”
― Elektra
― Elektra
“She was old enough to be married, but still young enough to believe I could solve any problem.”
― Elektra
― Elektra
“What was the loss of a parent compared to that of a daughter? I didn’t want him here, comparing his grief to mine.”
― Elektra
― Elektra
“The gods demand their justice, but we suffer for it every time.”
― Elektra
― Elektra
“Hope is a difficult thing to kill, just a spark of it can start a fire.”
― Once Upon a Broken Heart
― Once Upon a Broken Heart
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