Spooky Mess Reads

“No matter how different these faiths were, they all had a core belief system that maintained materialism should not be associated with spirituality.”
― Gabrielle Birchak, Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life

“Darkness is drawn to the light, right? And there’s nothing brighter in this town than you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Great and Precious Things

“There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Platinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her auditors, many of who came from a distance to receive her instructions.”
― Socrates Scholasticus

“With the sight of her menstrual blood, she successfully repulsed him, surprised him, and shamed him. She had to make sure that he understood that his infatuation with his instructor was irrational.”
― Gabrielle Birchak, Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life