"War is not a sport, to be decided in a quick bout on a strip of contested land. It is a web which stretches out to the furthest parts of the world, drawing everyone into itself." (109)
"There are so many ways of telling a war: the entire conflict can be encapsulated in just one incident. One man's anger at the behavior of another, say. A whole war -- all ten years of it -- might be distilled into that. But this is the women's war, just as much as it is the men's, and the poet will look upon their pain -- the pain of the women who have always been relegated to the edges of the story, victims of men, survivors of men, slaves of men-- and he will tell it, or he will tell nothing at all. They have waited long enough for their turn." (176)
"I want to reach down and stroke his hair, and tell hi everything will be alright. But it wouldn't be true. Who could say that, about a war?" (267)
"A war does not ignore half the people whose lives it touches. So why do we?" (unknown)
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2/5
I couldn't find five in this one. If you do read it, I hear the audiobook is lovely. I didn't really love this one, but it's my first introduction to Greek Mythology since 7th grade. I was impressed by Ms. Haynes organization and portrayal of each of the women, though.
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