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1 " None of this was Agatha's fault, Helen knew that in her honest heart. And yet she resented her. For doing what she could not, for being what she was not, for giving her daughter what she had not. Whenever Hermione smiled at the sight of the slave girl, and grasped toward her with her chubby little arms, Helen knew that really she hated herself. But it was easier to hate Agatha. "
― , Daughters of Sparta
2 " Sometimes we must be led by duty, and sometimes by what is right....The trick is to know when these things are the same, and when they are not.[Tyndoreos] "
3 " She was touched by his concern, knew he was trying to be there for her, but she just couldn’t face him right now. It was too soon. "
4 " Halfway down it she could see a slither of light on the floor of the otherwise gloomy passage, leaking from beneath the door of her parents’ chamber. "
5 " But you must strike while the bronze is hot, while the suitors are still so enraptured by the idea of Helen that they have fooled themselves into thinking they have a chance. "