Death Quote by Nichole McElhaney

“Persephone is just a name for a spirit of beauty at a certain time in history. I'm sure we could argue a biblical place…

— Leanna Renee Hieber

“She is. . . she is Bloody Melody and perfect. God created her and then shattered the mold afterward, for the world could not…

— J.J. McAvoy

“Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. She that was so proud and wild,…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Peri loved her father's tales. She had grown up with them. Yet the melancholy with which they were infused pierced her soul, like a…

— Elif Shafak

“Time had stopped, or so it seemed. Every day was like the one before it, with little of note or consequence. Each night Persephone…

— Sasha Summers

“One thing is certain and the rest is Lies;/The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”

— Edward FitzGerald

“It was all very unmaidenly, of course; but maidenly is a word love and life and desire may crowd from the page.”

— Susan Glaspell

“You picked the lock.” The king was staring at her again. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He suddenly burst out laughing, then nodded. He leaned forward,…

— Melanie Dickerson

“If her mind has a glittery radiance, mine is dark and loamy, preternaturally attuned to sorrow.”

— Leah Hager Cohen

“... every flower seems to burn by itself, softly, purely in the misty beds; and how she loved the grey-white moths spinning in and…

— Virginia Woolf

“She was chaos and beauty intertwined. A tornado of roses from divine.”

— Shakieb Orgunwall

“Forbearance is a maiden's worst enemy. If you're happy, that's all that counts.”

— Novala Takemoto