Circe

Book by Madeline Miller · 9 quotes · Circe, Greek Mythology, Odysseus

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“...and he would go out and buy the ingredients for the liqueurs, plus filters and funnels which she would receive with solemn satisfaction in which Mario suspected ans edge of love, or at least some oblivion of the dead.”

Love Death Oblivion

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“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”

Love Stars Greek Mythology Constellations Circe Daedalus

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“Daedalus did not long outlive his son. His limbs turned grey, and all his strength was transmuted into smoke. I had no right to claim him, I knew it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation he was to me.”

Love Grief Loneliness Solitude

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“I had kept away from him for so many reasons: his mother and my son, his father and Athena. Because I was a god, and he a man. But it struck me then that at the root of all those reasons was a sort of fear. And I had never been a coward. I reached across that breathing air between us and found him.”

Love Romance Circe Telemachus

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“i had never thought of having children, but looking at him, for a moment i could imagine it”

Love Circe

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“I had no right to claim him, I knew it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation he was to me.”

Love Romance Greek Mythology Circe Constellation

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“Odysseus, son of Laertes, the great traveller, prince of wiles and tricks and a thousand ways. He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”

Love Circe Odysseus

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“Both of us were imprisoned. But I pressed his face into my mind, as seals are pressed in wax, so I could carry it with me.”

Love Memory Parting Bittersweet

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“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”

Love Intimacy Vulnerability Greek Mythology Scars Circe Odysseus

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