lovandfear

It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment’s carelessness. If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.
Circe, Madeline Miller

halosydnes

C I R C E , by Madeline Miller.

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hypacias

the thought was this: that all my life had been murk and depths, but I was not a part of that dark water. i was a creature within it.

circe, madeline miller 

achilleius

the song of achilles / circe.

fransisabernathy

“When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.” 

Circe ― Madeline Miller

starless-saint

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but gods are born of ichor and nectar, their excellences already bursting from their fingertips. so they find their fame by proving what they can mar: destroying cities, starting wars, breeding plagues and monsters. all that smoke and savor rising so delicately from our altars. it leaves only ash behind.

achilleius

for a hundred generations, i had walked the world drowsy and dull, idle and at my ease. i left no prints, i did no deeds. even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay.

red-hoods

BOOKS READ IN 2019 → Circe by Madeline Miller

But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.

sallyjacksons

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i thought: i cannot bear this world a moment longer. then, child, make another.