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“One, who is twice woven, cannot remain your own.”
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“Draped down the front of her clothes were more jewels than the oldest, richest dynasty could hope to acquire in all its generations, much less a single mortal in a short lifetime. Any one of the rubies in her hair could ransom a princess.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“Sisyphus is dangerous, mother.” Persephone said as the Oneiroi lifted into the air and circled about them again. She reached out toward the circle of flames and pulled their destination closer. The walled citadel of Ephyra appeared before them in the widening pathway through the ether. The Queen of the Underworld took a step toward it and looked at her mother one last time. “But so am I.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“So you slept with a Medici. It doesn’t stop you being Michelangelo.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared