are you not quite dreaming?

“that shield doesn’t belong to you. you don’t deserve it.”

“it’s like a huge hole has been punched through my chest. but in a way i’m glad. the pain is my only reminder that he was real. that you all were.”

“this difference between a masculine victory and a feminine one, that was central to my work. the representations of perseus, he’s always showing the fact that he won, showing the head … if you look at my medusa … she is determined, she had to do what she did because she was defending herself. it’s quite a tragic moment.”

“every human being has a basic instinct: to help each other out. if a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. if a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. if an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. this is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”