❝ my father has never been able to imagine the world without himself in it. ❞
❝ there is a twisting feeling in my chest, like cloth being wrung dry. ❞
❝ the grudges of the gods are as deathless as their flesh. ❞
❝ it was my first lesson. beneath the smooth, familiar face of things is another that waits to tear the world in two. ❞
❝ you think just because you are a daughter of the sun, you may uproot the world to please yourself. ❞
❝ even the best iron grows brittle with too much beating. ❞
❝ fear of failure is the worst thing for any spell. ❞
❝ those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats. ❞
❝ did you smile a little? perhaps i only flatter myself. ❞
❝ i have a better idea. i will do as i please. ❞
❝ what can i say? the world is an ugly place. we must live in it. ❞
❝ how many of us would be granted pardon if our true hearts were known? ❞
❝ you threw me to the crows, but it turns out i prefer them to you. ❞
❝ give me the blade. some things are worth spilling blood for. ❞
❝ it is very close. a perfect sleeping spot to ease your weary bones. ❞
❝ all my life had been murk and depths, but i was not a part of that dark water. i was a creature within it. ❞
❝ most men do not know me for what i am. ❞
❝ i suppose i could weep and rub my eyes to please you, but i choose not to live so falsely. ❞
❝ there is no wound that you can give me that i have not already given myself. ❞
❝ i will not be a bird bred in a cage, too dull to fly even when the door stands open. ❞
❝ i stood there for a long time fearing such things, and waiting, as if someone would come and reassure me. ❞
❝ this is how zeus felt when he first lifted the thunderbolt. ❞
❝ i had a little pride, and that was good. more would have been fatal. ❞
❝ will you not come to bed, my love? ❞
❝ if my childhood has given me anything, it’s endurance. ❞
❝ if you had asked me, i would have said i was happy. ❞
❝ that is another thing about you. you make me want to spill my secrets. ❞
❝ they do not care if you are good. they barely care if you are wicked. the only thing that makes them listen is power. ❞
❝ as for that safety, i do not want it. it is only more chains. ❞
❝ all those years i had spent with them were like a stone tossed in a pool. already, the ripples were gone. ❞
❝ war always seemed to me a foolish choice from men. whatever they win from it, they will only have a handful of years to enjoy before they die. more likely they will perish trying. ❞
❝ are you always so suspicious? ❞
❝ in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. ❞
❝ i can bend the world to my will, as a bow bent for an arrow. ❞
❝ will you do me the honor of dining with me? ❞
❝ i know what we owe you. what i owe. ❞
❝ i’m afraid i might have floated on, believing those dull memories were all there was, until the end of days. ❞
❝ do not be too happy. it will bring down fire on your head. ❞
❝ you are a poison snake, and i am another, and on such terms we please ourselves. ❞
❝ your words are like a secret. a thing that looks like stone, but inside is a seed. ❞
❝ you cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. there is nothing more foreign to them. ❞
❝ bold action and bold manner are not the same. ❞
❝ a golden cage is still a cage. ❞
❝ i am surprised to see you so plain after such boasting. ❞
❝ your voice is like balm upon my raw skin. ❞
❝ does no one have the courage? will no one dare to face me? ❞
❝ those who love me a little do not care to say. ❞
❝ it is easily to speak so open with you. your face is like a quiet pool that will hold everything safe in its depths. ❞
❝ humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. as if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep. ❞
❝ you are weak and blind, and it is worse because you choose it. ❞
❝ you can teach a viper to eat from your hands, but you cannot take away how much it likes to bite. ❞
❝ i should have known you would be good for nothing to me. ❞
❝ gold does not give back a life. ❞
❝ it is funny, that even after all this time, you believe you will be rewarded, just because you have been obedient. ❞
❝ i have done your work for you, and all you give me is mockery and contempt. ❞
❝ where would you go, if you might escape? ❞
❝ you are right. this world is a wild and terrible place, and worth shouting at. ❞
❝ i cannot bear this world a moment longer. ❞
❝ i owe you nothing. you will have of me only what i want to give. ❞
❝ however gold you shine, do not forget your fire. ❞
❝ that is what you desire most of all: to drive others into doubt, keep them wondering and fretting, stumbling behind your dancing feet. ❞
❝ sorry that you thought i was weak, but you were wrong. ❞
❝ trickery is for cowards, men not bull-necked enough to show true courage. ❞
❝ i have a little pride. if they do not weep, i will not either. ❞
❝ you have as many coils as a snake, and an eye always to your advantage. ❞
❝ i want the sun to burn me. i want it to scorch me to the bone. ❞
❝ what of me? shall i rot? ❞
❝ how long would i cling to that handful of minutes, trying to cover myself as if with some threadbare blanket? ❞
❝ i have been old and stern for so long, carved with regrets and years like a monolith. but that is only a shape i’ve been poured into. i do not have to keep it. ❞
❝ i am not weak. and i will never be sorry not to be like you. ❞
❝ you draw me in as if you are winding up a thread. ❞
❝ the fragility of mortals breeds kindness and good grace. ❞
❝ come, there are blankets here, laid for you upon the soft grass. ❞
❝ there will be no songs made for you. no stories. you will live a life of obscurity. you will be without a name in history. you will be no one. ❞
❝ those heroes. you should see the look on their faces when i run straight for them. ❞
❝ those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats. ❞
❝ see? we do not need anyone. ❞
❝ have you not always insisted on being difficult in everything you do? ❞
❝ you cannot think of it. it will only torment you. ❞
❝ and that is the least of my powers. ❞
❝ you are lucky i do not kill you where you stand. ❞
❝ you do not understand the dangers that wait for you in the world. ❞
❝ your threats are crude. i had hoped we might discuss this reasonably. ❞
❝ you showed me your scars, and in return you let me pretend that i had none. ❞
❝ my whole life, i have waited for tragedy to find me. ❞
❝ it is not for such as you to question my purpose. ❞
❝ i felt a weariness in me so great i thought i would sink into the earth. ❞
❝ have patience, your strength will come in time. ❞
❝ you have never understood how strong i am. ❞
❝ you do not know what i can do. ❞
❝ i have said all i will say. do not ask me again. ❞
❝ perhaps no parent can truly see their child. when we look we see only the mirror of our own faults. ❞
❝ i cannot bear this world a moment longer. ❞
❝ there is no profit in chasing riddles of the fates. ❞
❝ why can you not be more peaceful? why must it be so hard? ❞
❝ come. let’s do something fun. i will show you magic. ❞
❝ at last. i have met the thing the gods can use against me. ❞
❝ clever. you were testing me, weren’t you? ❞
❝ i must tell you, all my past is like today; monsters and horrors no one wants to hear. ❞
❝ you cannot come. it is not safe for mortals. ❞
❝ come forth, and speak to my face. or do you only do your murdering from the shadows? ❞
❝ you are safe. we may be happy at last. ❞
❝ what else have you kept from me? ❞
❝ all heroes are fools. all heroes but me. ❞
❝ i know what i was in those days: unsteady, inconstant. ❞
❝ i will be fine, i promise you. ❞
❝ i have a better idea. i will do as i please. ❞
❝ will there never be an end to it? ❞
❝ i will wear that shame all my life. i cannot undo it, but i will spend my days wishing i could. ❞
❝ if you want to join me, i will not stop you. ❞
❝ if i do this thing, it will be the last i will ever do for you. ❞
❝ i am sorry i put you in such danger. ❞
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