Alcestis Quotes

“The story of my marriage,” she said, her thumb skimming my collarbone. “Of my wedding. The story no one knows, for the bards do not sing it and the painters do not smear it on their walls. It is not fit for such audiences. But it is fit for you, Alcestis.”
― Katharine Beutner, Alcestis

“I know,” she said, her lips against my neck, kissing me until I went soft beneath her. “You keep your lightning within.”
― Katharine Beutner, Alcestis

“You were only – Alcestis?”

“Yes”

She reached out suddenly and put one sticky, sparking hand on my knee. “How lovely,” she said with the force of a spear thudding into the earth. Then, wondering: “How strange.”
― Katharine Beutner, Alcestis

“She leaned on me to stand, her body shaking as we walked, and I felt strong as a tower beneath her arm.”
― Katharine Beutner, Alcestis