Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what she wants, even if it brings about her downfall and his." "And have you learned anything from our literary parallel?" "Not really, I keep thinking that she would do it all over again if there were a chance...a chance that it could go right. Even if 99 times out of a 100 the story ends badly, it's worth it if only once she gets a happy ending.
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Love enters later in life through the cracks left by the first heartbreak.
Reading your sonnets?_ asked Orphu. Mahnmut closed the book. __ow__ you know? Have you taken up telepathy now that you__e lost your eyes?_ __ot yet,_ rumbled the Ionian. Orphu__ great crab shell was lashed to the deck ten meters from where Mahnmut sat near the bow. __ome of your silences are more literary than others, is all.
What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature__ course.
When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess.
As it stands there is a very strong argument that as the book trade becomes increasingly corporate it's our literary heritage that is at risk - a vital part of our culture.
A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To be happy, she must. A man to be happy, however, must yearn for his woman more than his liberty. This is the rightful order.