Aphrodite Quotes

“His eyelashes were longer than mine which was just rude.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite: A Novel

“it’s better to be a powerful bitch than a kindly weakling”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite: A Novel

“What fucking lies we fed to these children, we who had no possibility of death, no concept of it, telling them over and over that a glorious death meant more than a beautiful life.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite

“He was too angry to be afraid.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite

“We were shouting. Of course we were shouting. I loved him and he loved me, but we never loved each other in quite the same way.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite

“Is it any wonder I became addicted to beauty? I was drenched in it, every moment of every day.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite

“I don’t know, Anchises. Maybe I’ll burn your house down for the pure heck of it. You could always see what happens when you ask me not to.”
― Phoenicia Rogerson, Aphrodite: A Novel