Elissande Quote by Sherry Thomas

“She carried herself like a queen,: gracefully, regal, and dignified. She was all woman and every inch a lady, and he had never seen…

— Elaine Coffman

“She made Pyrrhus, and loved him more than Achilles.”

— Madeline Miller

“They no longer wanted to entice anyone; all they wanted was to catch a glimpse for as long as possible of the reflected glory…

— Franz Kafka

“The urge to fall [in love] was utterly new and made her [Athena] dizzy. He [Odysseus] could catch her and hold her up. She…

— Kendare Blake

“She wasn’t born in the normal way. She was literally born from thoughts. Her children are born the same way. When Athena falls in…

— Rick Riordan

“For that matter, Odysseus himself might have borrowed a trick or two from the rabbit hero, for he is very old and was never…

— Richard Adams

“There wasn’t an Oclander woman alive who would obediently accept her father choosing a husband for her. While she would tolerate his suggestions, a…

— Vivienne Savage

“He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, thought not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“His chest expanded with a rising sense of pride for the young woman who had gone unappreciated by her own people. The Oclanders would…

— Vivienne Savage

“Apollo had said he knew what this kind of love was capable of. And I finally understood why Paris had risked his country and…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“And because she was young, and so damn clever and amusing and wonderful, wherever she made her home, there would be some man who…

— Sarah J. Maas

“It did not seem possible, much as he craved the comfort of a woman of intelligence, of humor and balance and perception.”

— Julie Powell