Aphrodite had the beauty Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

Captures the reader with true magic.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the fun of teasing girls, just to get noticed

People give up the earth for beauty.

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

It's not enough to be born free I have to live my freedom!

A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.