Who said "I chose the work over the world"?

This quote is attributed to Circe.

I chose the work over the world - Circe

"I chose the work over the world"

Circe

Character in Circe

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"I am not afraid"

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones"

"I could not make myself feel what I did not"

"I have found power in the telling of truth"