“I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.”

“Our days are numbered in the book of days, Most High," Gorgon murmurs as the garden comes once more into view. "That is what gives them sweetness and purpose.”

“The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplace their combs, and yet you were suppose to fall at their feet? Unacceptable.”

“Dude, this is a stoner conversation and we're not even high”

“Did you hear? You are free."Yessss. Choice. It is a fine thing. And I choose to take you back, Most High.”

“We have work to do if you are not to be a total failure like high-waisted, acid-wash jeans.”

“Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at her, the goddess. I don't know yet what power feels like. But this is surely what it looks like, and I think I'm beginning to understand why those ancient women had to hide in caves. Why our parents and suitors want us to behave properly and predictably. It's not that they want to protect us; it's that they fear us.”