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“so medusa had to pay for poseidon's act”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“what i did not know was that i had hit upon a truth of womanhood: however blameless a life we led, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“the stories of perseus did not allow for a medusa with a story of her own”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“i would be medusa, if it came to it, i resolved. if the gods held me accountable one day for the sins of someone else, if they came for me to punish a man's actions, i would not hide away like pasiphae. i would wear that coronet of snakes, and the world would shrink from me instead”
― Jennifer Saint, Ariadne

“Love isn't something you can cup in your hands, and I have to believe that means it's something that can't ever be lost”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“because you're my favorite person in the world”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“it wasn't fireworks, according to either of them. it was more like slipping into a warm bath.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“they made no sense to anyone except themselves”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“she wondered how she would survive having her soul split like that. she knew for certain she could never be fully contented again as long as she lived. half of her would always be elsewhere.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“i think you live in a world that's more interesting than the one most people live in...and i wish i could live in it too"....
"i'll take you sometime”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“she wanted to leave while she still loved him...i think it broke her heart to do it though.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“the problem is, once you love someone, you can't have it all anymore. love comes with sacrifice.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“why couldn't it have been you? why couldn't you be who you were supposed to be?”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“For the one you love? Anything. You unmake the world and build a new one. You do anything to give them what they need.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“and then the world would've lost out on something beautiful.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“i can't help but feel like he just passed a test, albeit one i hadn't meant to set up.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“what happens if you ask for something someone's not able to give you”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“but the truth is, you're just scared”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“i should have asked him more. i should have written it all down....i should have tried to know all of him while i had the time. before it was too late.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“it's not a breakup, because it wasn't a relationship, and i'm okay with that”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“maybe every bit of heartbreak in life can be rearranged and used for something beautiful”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“it doesn't really matter whether i chose this path or i was born onto it, so long as i stop and appreciate the path itself”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life