Solution: Burn it!

“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much…”

“I love you, just remember that. And please don’t punish me by avoiding me.”

“You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.”

“In my memory, it doesn’t end. We just stay there, looking at each other, forever.”

“Whatever you do, don’t run back to what broke you.”

“All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.”

Athena’s hands were tied. Yes, she was a powerful Goddess, but she was very much a woman in a “boys club”, and the true offending party (don’t think for a moment that Athena blamed Medusa for being raped in the temple, Athena knows better) held all the cards. There was nothing that Athena could do to punish the true criminal, and she was expected to punish Medusa by everyone else. What’s a Goddess to do when she cannot punish those who need to be punished and is expected to punish not only the truly innocent party, but her most beloved follower? Use that incredible brain power she had to protect Medusa at all costs, and of course the men would see it as punishment, to be have her beauty stripped from her and sent to live in the shadows. Medusa should have been KILLED for supposedly defiling the temple, whether she truly did or not, but she was given the gift of life, and the ability to protect herself and her daughters (who she bore thanks to Poseidon). This is why Medusa’s image was used to signify woman’s shelters and safe houses.

““The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.””

“What seems like a reasonable distance to one person may feel too far to somebody else.”

“Love is without reason; love is never dependent on a reason.”