Chiron: *sees people in the distance doing something stupid* oh my gods, what idiots.
Chiron: *realizing it’s Patroclus and Achilles* Oh no, those are my idiots!
How can I explain to you, my happiness, my golden, wonderful happiness, how much I am all yours – with all my memories, poems, outbursts, inner whirlwinds? Or explain that I cannot write a word without hearing how you will pronounce it – and can’t recall a single trifle I’ve lived through without regret – so sharp! – that we haven’t lived through it together – whether it’s the most, the most personal, intransmissible – or only some sunset or other at the bend of a road – you see what I mean, my happiness?
— Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[S] - Sif is the golden-haired goddess of earth, wheat and prosperity.
Ares: i want to stab you right now
Athena:
Ares: but my therapist said no
Athena: do it, pussy bitch. i dare you
Athena: i love knitting needles
Athena: i can make a scarf. i can make a hat. i can stab your eyes out. i can make mittens—
Hestia: what was that middle part?
Demeter: she can make a hat
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Hecate (Ἑκάτη) is the goddess of magic and witchcraft. She was also closely associated to the spiritual world, ghosts, and the dead.
Achilles: any cute things to call your partner?
Agamemnon: sugar
Menelaus: honey
Diomedes: flour
Odysseus: egg
Nestor: 1/2lb butter
Antilochus: stir
Briseis: pour into a pan
Patroclus: preheat oven to 350 degrees
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[C] - Calypso (Καλυψώ) was a nymph who captured Odysseus for many years, before he finally managed to escape. She lived on the mythical island of Ogygia.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Hyacinthus (Ὑάκινθος) was a beautiful young man who became the lover of the god Apollo, although he also had the affection of Zephyr, the god of the west wind. During a game of discus, Apollo threw the discus, and Hyacinthus ran after it trying to impress the god. However, he was struck by the discus and died. Apollo, distraught at the youth’s death, forbade Hades to claim his soul; instead, he turned him into the flower of the same name.
The thought that you exist is so divinely blissful in itself that it is ridiculous to talk about the everyday sadness of separation – a week’s, ten days’ – what does it matter? since my whole life belongs to you.
— Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[I] - Iðunn is a beautiful goddess with long golden hair, she is the goddess of spring and eternal youth, she guards the apples of youth.