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Medusa: The Girl Behind the Myth

Book by Jessie Burton · 4 quotes · Medusa, Beauty, Change

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“I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous.”

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“I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same.”

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“Perseus, when you're a girl, people think your beauty is their possession. As if it's there for their pleasure, as if they've got something invested in it. They think you owe them for their admiration. Look at your mother and how Zeus behaved to her, breaking through her window. The effort to maintain your outward appearance in order to keep people happy, and the fear if you don't do it, are exhausting. You, on the other hand, can do what you like. You got on your boat and went sailing on a little trip, and no one stopped you. You could take that face of yours away and keep it for the dolphins, if you wanted. Not me. I wasn't allowed.”

Beauty Girlhood

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“Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be”

Feminist Medusa Take Up Space

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