Girl, Goddess, Queen

“When they asked me what I wanted, I said: ‘The world.”

“Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone.”

“There's nothing wrong with being a little girl, love. Little girls are fearless.”

“Fine, then I’ll hold your flowers while you tear the world apart,’ he says.”

“You shouldn't be trying to survive this world; you should be trying to destroy it.''That's not quite something I can achieve in an afternoon.”

“No doesn't need an excuse, Persephone.”

“Too many stories start with gods making promises they can't keep.”

“When her friends told me to sit up straight, I jolted. When they said I was a ‘growing girl’ in that tone, I thrust my plate away. When they said I would be prettier if I smiled, I beamed. I was good. I was obedient. I was fucking perfect. So when I finally snapped, I snapped hard. When I finally said no, I screamed it from the mountaintops. Or from the Underworld, as the case may be.”

“I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still.”

“This is just the beginning. I have gods to dethrone.I have chaos to bring.”

“An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could.Maybe I am too vengeful.But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do it in a heartbeat.”

“I'll promise you no battlegrounds. But there are other ways to fight a war, and I refuse to promise to ever stop fighting for you.”

“My hair is a mess, my dress is worse, I have creases and bags round my eyes, and my fingernails are gnawed and covered in ink. What a relief it is, to be hideous without consequence.”

“I can't tell you how good it is to see you so happy.' Hades' voice is suddenly serious, his eyes focused intently on mine. They're so close, so captivating. I could waste an eternity looking into the. 'I'd marry you a thousand times if it let you, the real you, find happiness like that.”

“You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one.”

“Every love someone can have for another being, I have them all for you.”

“Persephone. I'd do anything you asked of me.”

“My secrets for your peace, that feels a worthy trade.”

“I know my mother will never understand because what it comes down to is this: safety isn’t enough for me. I’d rather perish, rather be another tragic tale for a mother to use in warning, than become a long, drawn-out sigh in a hymn, an immortal life spent in misery.”

“They never asked you the important question, girl. You wanted the world - but what would you give for it?”

“I do so many things to make Mother happy. How have I failed without even noticing?”

“What makes you think you chose me?' ...'Perhaps all this while I was busy choosing you?”

“I can hardly remember a life without you.”

“Gone is little girl. Kore.I am chaos bringer. Persephone.”