“I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands.”
Circe is perhaps the best book I have ever read - and this isn't a hyperbole.
Circe is the story of every woman, of every daughter, of every wife, of every witch.
Circe is a book that helps us open our eyes on what we really are: mortals.
Circe tells the story of this famous goddess, but under another perspective: Under her own.
Circe tells every woman that being a witch isn't bad, being a witch is being strong, being clever, being terrifying to the eyes of most men because they do not understand powerful women and not because witches kill and hurt people.
Circe is not about the witch we see in Homer's Odyssey.
Circe is about the woman she was. From birth, to death.
For being a witch was only a small part of her vast existence.
Circe will make you understand that we can all be witches, that we are all witches - if we get to take a glimpse on who we really are inside - and that most women never get to see who they are, for they live their whole life under the shadows of men.
Circe is for the women who want to understand,
Circe is for the men who want the truth, for the men who want to know.
Circe is to destroy the shadows and unravel the lies.
Circe is for everyone.
Circe is everyone.
“I did not pretend to be a mortal. I showed my lambent, yellow eyes at every turn. None of it made a difference. I was alone and a woman, that was all that mattered.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe