Apollo's Courtesan Quotes

“Never in my life up to this point could I have imagined that a god, my god, the one I had longed for in frivolous fantasies, would look at me as if I was the one guiding part of the cosmos across the sky.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“You are as worthy of worship as any god.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“I kissed Dax with the same tenderness he had shown me. My heart said thank you, while my lips simply answered, “Yes.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“To Olympus,” he affirmed, “to part ways until you seek me again tomorrow?” Oh, how I loved him already.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“Shall we return then?” he said, steady, breathless though he was. He tilted my chin up, and his cheeks were flushed and lips kiss-bitten, but his eyes held only bliss.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“Apollo, I do not think what you did was cruel. I think it very… human to feel rage with loss. To want retribution when wronged.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“He flinched as I reached for his cheek but did not attempt to flee or pull away. Even the gods cannot heal all.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“More, I assumed, that he recognized the perils present should I lose a beloved again. Surely, I would scorch all the world and everyone on Olympus to ashes until I too was slain.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“Again, I thought, he was more the beauty than the scenery.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“But what I can promise you is that I desire nothing more than the chance to be part of what makes him shine so luminously. To be worthy of his love, not as a worshiper receiving a god’s blessing, but as a man loves another man.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“Apollo might be slight, but he was a marble pillar as strong as the dawn was certain.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“I can assure you that you do know when you love, because with that enlightenment, that completeness, also comes the greatest fear you have ever known, because you realize that to lose it would unmake you.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“But I have never felt the soul-shattering love worthy of an epic poem. I know I have not because I have questioned it, and if one has to question it, one has not loved.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“If my heart thawed only to freeze once more, it would crack and shatter, never to feel warmth again.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“My frigid heart could scarcely remember what it was like to be set aflame without eventually having its embers smothered.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“It only ever rained on Olympus if a god was in mourning. I had caused a downpour or two myself.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan

“Apollo’s hand remained outstretched, and mine trembled when I finally placed it in his. He kissed my fingertips like a courter. “What new Olympian flower is this?” he asked. Words failed me, except a soft, foolishly uttered, “My god… you are beautiful.”
― Amanda Meuwissen, Apollo's Courtesan