Quotes about Orpheus

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Long ago, there was a dream within a dream that allowed joy to reign, but that youthful breath drifted away as swiftly a — H.S. Crow, Lunora and the Monster King
Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead but about — Meghan O'Rourke
Shh." I squeeze his hand. His palm feels clammy. "We have to keep it down, okay? We don't want my dad coming in."He grit — A.G. Howard, Unhinged
I move from dreamer to dreamer, from dream to dream, hunting for what I need. Slipping and sliding and flickering throug — Neil Gaiman
Because all the brilliant ones- they can sing it and they can paint it, but they can't do it. You can't expect them to l — Dakota Lane, The Orpheus Obsession
You have that boy on such a high pedestal. It’s far too slippery up there for one so unprincipled as a solitary fae. It’ — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
What went on between you and my mom? Did you seduce all the Liddell women? Did you tell them the same pretty words you t — A.G. Howard, Unhinged
The one so loved that a single lyreraised more lament than lamenting women ever did;and that from the lament a world aro — Rainer Maria Rilke
I’m about to berate his tactics, to deny any feelings for him, when he cups the nape of my neck and presses his lips to — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
They have both loved you with a child’s love, and now a man’s. It is the child’s love that holds you together . . . ceme — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
So many emotions flicker over him—astonishment, concern, remorse . . . and the always-present adoration. I raise my hand — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
I am the god of dreams, but not even I would dream of speaking for Hades,” Morpheus replied with a mischievous look in h — Josephine Angelini, Goddess
When he opens his mouth to speak, I place a finger on his — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
It was generally believed, said Theophilus, that Orpheus learned his music from the birds. His small voice, piping after — Ann Wroe, Orpheus: The Song of Life
I pretend to reach for them, but before he can guess my intentions, I catch one of his wings instead. He flutters, tryin — A.G. Howard, Unhinged
For there was nothing in his eyes but the black night and the cold stars. — Susanna Clarke, The Sandman: Book of Dreams
His soft lips glide across my jaw. I’m dazzled by his touch, drugged by his promises, falling deeper and deeper into him — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
He spins us both, wrapping us in his wings until I’m dazed and gig — A.G. Howard, Ensnared
Before I can even ask what he means, he skims his licorice-scented lips across my forehead—just shy of touching—his warm — A.G. Howard, Unhinged
Oh, but my netherling side did, and she casts my human armor aside.She guides my hands, knots my fingers through his hai — A.G. Howard, Ensnared