9 Quotes by Marie Phillips

I've never had sex. Never wanted to. Not with a man or a woman or an animal, though my family jokes about it. And I never will. The thought of it disgusts me.

A blow job. Why did people do these things to each other? Artemis felt faintly sick.

Apollo wanted out. Out of Aphrodite, out of this bathroom, out of this house, and out of this life.

Mmm," said Ares, without turning his head. "This war on terror isn't producing enough casualties. Bringing in Iran is the obvious choice, but I don't think they've got enough fire power yet. I wonder if I could somehow antagonize Japan."..."There's always Russia," said Ares, "but they've been harder to provoke since the end of the Cold War. Why are mortals so hung up on peace?" He shuffled through his papers. "Or maybe it's time to broaden out some of the African civil wars?

She had hair the colour of' blackmail, a spine as straight as a guillotine, and a face that could sink ships.

There’s no direction I can go in. If I met someone else, what meaning would there be left? If the pain goes, does that mean I never loved her? How can I get over it? I can’t, I mustn’t. But what else am I going to do?

She had hair the colour of’ blackmail, a spine as straight as a guillotine, and a face that could sink ships.

Or maybe it’s time to broaden out some of the African civil wars?

And if, at any moment, a part of him started to feel better, he would torture himself all the harder because he didn’t want to feel better, because that would mean letting go.