--- title: "1 Persephone Quotes By Marlena De Blasi" description: "1 Persephone quotes by Marlena De Blasi. Plus more from Marlena De Blasi and more Persephone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/marlena-de-blasi-21555_persephone_the-villagers-and-the-farmers-here-tell_2965620.png" --- > [“The villagers and the farmers here tell the story of Demeter and Persephone with all the fresh wonder and anguish of a thing only just happened. They tell it in the same way they tell the story of Mary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/the-villagers-and-the-farmers-here-tell-the-story-of-demeter-and/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/marlena-de-blasi-21555_persephone_the-villagers-and-the-farmers-here-tell_2965620.png) ## Other authors on Persephone - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/maggie-stiefvater/) ## More by Marlena De Blasi > [“It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/it-was-don-paolo-s-birthday-and-all-the-people-of-the-village-were/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“They all know the truth, that there are only three subjects worth talking about. At least here in these parts," he says, "The weather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/they-all-know-the-truth-that-there-are-only-three-subjects-worth/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [We accumulate pain, collect it. ... We display it, stack it up into a pile, then we stack it up into a mountain, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/we-accumulate-pain-collect-it-we-display-it-stack-it-up-into-a-pile/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“You know I've always wanted someone to sing to me, but now I know that what I want more is to sing to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/you-know-i-ve-always-wanted-someone-to-sing-to-me-but-now-i-know-that/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“I have never before gathered eggs from under a hen. Fernando has never before seen a hen. We bend low into the shed where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/i-have-never-before-gathered-eggs-from-under-a-hen-fernando-has-never/) [Marlena de Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“Gauntlets are the stuff of every life, but when you learn, young, how to pick them up, how to work them against the demons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/gauntlets-are-the-stuff-of-every-life-but-when-you-learn-young-how-to/) [Marlena de Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/some-people-are-born-empty-all-manner-of-good-deeds-and-patience-and/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“Rather than being love-blinded, it is in love that I can see, really see.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/rather-than-being-love-blinded-it-is-in-love-that-i-can-see-really-see/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [most crimes are connected to hunger. One hunger or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/most-crimes-are-connected-to-hunger-one-hunger-or-another/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [Living as a couple never means that each gets half. You must take turns at giving more than getting. It’s not the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/living-as-a-couple-never-means-that-each-gets-half-you-must-take/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“She's a woman. Like a chameleon does, a woman quietly blends into all the parts of her life. Sometimes you can hardly tell she's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/she-s-a-woman-like-a-chameleon-does-a-woman-quietly-blends-into-all/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“You will sustain your rage, using time as a defense against fear and indolence. In the great stash of defenses, time is the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/you-will-sustain-your-rage-using-time-as-a-defense-against-fear-and/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“Everything about this evening is both exquisite and bewildering and I can't decide if I want to go on with this dream or run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/everything-about-this-evening-is-both-exquisite-and-bewildering-and-i/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [“Maybe the only thing that matters is to make our lives last as long as we do. You know, to make a life last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/maybe-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-to-make-our-lives-last-as-long/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) > [Our babies cried when we left them and we cry when they leave us. Echoes. Proud almost to arrogance then, we pushed them about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlena-de-blasi/our-babies-cried-when-we-left-them-and-we-cry-when-they-leave-us/) [Marlena De Blasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlena-de-blasi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/marlena-de-blasi/#itemlist", "name": "1 Persephone Quotes By Marlena De Blasi", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The villagers and the farmers here tell the story of Demeter and Persephone with all the fresh wonder and anguish of a thing only just happened. They tell it in the same way they tell the story of Mary and Jesus. They believe the stories with equal fervor, resonant as they are of their own stories. 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