Andreia

“The underpinning belief is that women are and always have been on the margins of these stories. That the myths have always focused on men and that women have only ever been minor figures. This involves ignoring the fact that there is no ‘real’ or ‘true’ version of any myth, because they arise from multiple authors across multiple locations over a long period. The version of a story we find in the Iliad or the Odyssey is not somehow more valid than a version we find in a fifth-century BCE play or on the side of a vase merely because it is older.”
― Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

“You were looking at me the way you are now. Just like that. I didn't want it to end."

His words were soft, barely a whisper. "Like what?"
"Like I'm something precious. Worth looking at.
His face fell. "Why would you think otherwise?"
"Because no one ever looks at me that way.”
― Elena Armas, The Long Game

“Remind me to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorize it.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“Just promise," I say, "we'll end things before we ever let them get like that."
Hurt flashes across his face. I want to take it back, but I don't.
This is all I can give him, all I can give myself: some tiny measure of protection.
The only way I can bear loving anyone this much is knowing it will never turn to poison. Knowing we'll give each other up before we can destroy each other.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place