Esther M. Friesner quotes:

Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.

Captures the reader with true magic.

People give up the earth for beauty.

The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

... the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger....