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I am nature. I am the mother of everything that has ever been or will ever be. I am all goddesses. And you know me, for I live inside you. I am in the part of you that feels magic when the wheat is harvested and cleansing wind separates
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The prologue is told from the perspective of Isis, Selene’s patron goddess. As Pharaoh of Egypt, Selene’s late mother, Cleopatra is considered the living embodiment of Isis. The figure of Isis represents many of themes in the story. She represents Selene’s Egyptian heritage and the power of her royal blood and female sexuality.
“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“As the caterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“One rule for the lion and ox is oppression.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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225 books
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