Circe

"I chose myself, and in that choice found everything"

"I am not afraid"

"What is a god's attention but a curse?"

"I learned that I could be alone and not perish"

"I had no name. I was a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister"

"My father had always been vain"

"I was not made for that world"

"Isolation is a gift"

"I learned the names of every herb"

"Power is not given, it is taken"

"I chose my own fate"

"Beauty is a weapon the gods wield"

"I was afraid, but I did it anyway"

"My mother never loved me"

"Art was my salvation"

"I would not be pitied"

"I learned that wisdom comes from suffering"

"I was not beautiful in the way they wanted"

"I made myself indispensable"

"Hope is what mortals have that we lack"

"I would transform myself completely"

"My voice had power I never knew"

"I learned to love the work of my hands"

"Loneliness and freedom are often the same"

"I refused to be diminished"

"My island became my kingdom"

"I understood at last what I was meant to be"

"I chose compassion over vengeance"

"My father's cruelty shaped me"

"I learned that even gods can change"