from Chapter 12

"She's not strong enough. She's going to die prematurely."

"Our people become such wimps in the New World. They used to be stronger; even Arachne lived a thousand years after she was turned into a spider."

"And that pissed Athena off, so she stepped on her."

"Let her die."

"After we've brought her this far? Our plans are not complete, the story hasn't even begun."

"But we know how it'll turn out anyway, so where's the fun?"

"We don't entirely know. There are number of choices and the details are always different."

"This fork in the road, that bottomless pit, it all ends up the same."

"Have we no pity left?"

"Frankly, no."

"And what happens to fate if we let her die now? This is not her moira. She dies, but not like this."

"It's not my fault she's so weak."

" She's so young; you were young once."

"Are you calling me old?"

"Technically speaking, you're ..."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"And what about you, weren't you once mortal? One would think you would have more compassion."

"Wrong again."

"I'm tired of this game. Can't we come up with something more original than marrying life to death?"

"But that's what we do."

"Why?"

"Because we can."

"Because we must."

"Because there is nothing else left for us to do."

"No festivals to attend."

"No temples to inhabit."

"All we have left is caprice."

"Let's raise a storm!"

"Let's dance on the roofs!"

"Let's destroy Athens!"

"We'd never hear the end of it from Athena."

"Fuck Athena."

"Ssh. She'll hear you and turn you into an ass."

"Let's blow it all to bits, blow it all to bits."

"Wake up, Ariadne, wake up."