Medea Rosie Hewlett Quotes

It is OK to feel lost,’ I tell him. ‘I have felt lost my whole life.

Which part ?” For there is so much of Medea’s life she could regret,perhaps all of it.As I stare at my sister,I consider how much she has endured,all that hate,cruelty,manipila, abuse,rejection.... When you fill a person with such ugly things,is it surprising that they would unleash it all back on the world ? Medea chose the path of hate because nobody had ever shown her another route.

I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb.

I wish I could join them,but this carefree joy they revel in is distant and foreign to me.My happiness has always come at a price;it has never felt unburdened,as theirs seems to be.I can imagine it,though,the version of myself that would jump to her feet and dance and laugh and sing.She shimmers in my mind,a vision just being my gasp.Like Tantalus trapped in the Underworld, forever reaching for that pool of water,its silky surface always dipping just out of reach,mocking the thirst he will never quench.

And I also know how they will tell his story. Jt is the same for any women who defies their place in this world.Jason will be the hero,and you ? They’ll either make you his adoring,lovesick damsel or they’ll make you the villain.Those are the only roles they feel comfortable with us occupying.

He believes I am expendable, something he can use and toss aside,but I shall show Jason that is life is mine.I handed him his victories,fed him is glory.I breathed life into his fame and secured his name in history. I built him up,allowing him to step on my neck to reach such dizzying heights.