"Lost in Hell,-Persephone,Take her head upon your knee;Say to her, "My dear, my dear,It is not so dreadful here."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
"...even the goddess Persephone is happy, if only for half each year."
- C.F. Joyce
"Enjoying your Christmas in the land of the dead? Fun and different, right?"
- Molly Ringle
"Wait, I need to know who you are," I replied, desperately needing to know him."Someone you can trust," he said ominously.I frowned at that, but he just sighed. He brushed my fallen brown hair softly a..."
- Andrea Heltsley
"His gaze hits mine with the force of a battering ram. He looks… appalled. “I-I won’t do this. I can’t… be with you."
- Amanda Bouchet
"People don't believe in gods because they can't wrap their minds around the idea of someone allowing all the terrible things in the world to happen."
- Kaitlin Bevis
"She told us about the goddess called Persephone, who was forced to spend half a year in the darkness deep underground. Winter happened when she was trapped inside the earth. The days shrank, they beca..."
- David Almond
"Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They’re my favorite.'I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.''Still not good enough.''Give me the damn M&Ms,"'I snapped.He snickered. 'That wasn’t ver..."
"What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and a dimension of life is introduced into death."
- Walter Burkert
"Husband, we talked about this," Persephone chided. "You can't go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he's brave. I like that."Hades rolled his eyes. "You liked that Orpheus fellow too. Look how w..."
- Rick Riordan