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“The harpy wants to win, which means a man must lose. She wants justice, which means a man must be punished. She wants space that could be taken by a man. Are we really willing to make that sacrifice? What makes a woman's ambition predatory, we are told, is that it overflows its natural bounds. It treads on the lands that men have marked as theirs.”

Feminism Ambition Mythology Sexism Harpy

Book:Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Source: Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

“Wrong body. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, directed by Don Siegel, 1956." I did not like being compared to a black-and-white horror film, but I'd just been told not to argue with the harpy.”

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Book:The Tyrant’s Tomb

Source: The Tyrant’s Tomb

“All of Dragos’s sentinels were mean and barbaric and sexy. Even that weird harpy-bitch Aryal, who she might have a teensy girl crush on. You know, in a totally hetero kind of way.”

Humor Crush Harpy

Book:Storm's Heart

Source: Storm's Heart

“When it was her turn to say good-bye, Aryal said, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Niniane opened and closed her mouth. She said, "I have no idea how to respond to that.”

Book:Storm's Heart

Source: Storm's Heart

“...a leering, sneering obscene little harpy...”

Obscene Harpy Sneering Leering

Book:Mrs. Dalloway

Source: Mrs. Dalloway

“Claws grabbed his head from behind, curving round his face, serrated talons gouging into his eyes”

Horror Witch Monster Harpy

Book:The Village Witch

Source: The Village Witch

“Let us fly, Madam Harpy Queen. Show me how you dance on the wind.”

Fantasy Dance Fly Steampunk Wizard Harpy Clockpunk

Book:Ephraim's Curious Device

Source: Ephraim's Curious Device

“Then it kissed me—not as a man would kiss a lover, not with tenderness or even passion. This was a kiss that stole the soul of men. Revulsion at this creature’s kiss was instantly replaced by the warmth stealing through my veins, as if my missing blood were being replenished and contrived to heal me. I craved to keep kissing the beast. My entire being awakened to that kiss feeding me ecstasy, feeding me life.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible.”

“I was once a man, not a great man, not a saintly man, but a good man, and a man nonetheless.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“My life was going exactly where I wanted it to until the Devil showed up.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“God himself had sent me away. I was truly now among the damned.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched

“I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.”

Source: The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched