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Madeline Miller quotes: She wears a cape, and it is this that undoes her - that allows her to be pulled, limbs light and poised as a cat, from her horse. She wears a cape, and it is this that undoes her - that allows her to be pulled, limbs light and poised as a cat, from her horse.
Madeline Miller quotes: It seemed absurd even to think of it, foolish and improbable as a dream is by dinner. It seemed absurd even to think of it, foolish and improbable as a dream is by dinner.
Madeline Miller quotes: We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other. We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
Madeline Miller quotes: Those seconds, half seconds, that the line of our gaze connected, were the only moment in my day that I felt anything at all. Those seconds, half seconds, that the line of our gaze connected, were the only moment in my day that I felt anything at all.
Madeline Miller quotes: Perhaps he simply assumed: a bitterness of habit, of boy after boy trained for music and medicine, and unleashed for murder. Perhaps he simply assumed: a bitterness of habit, of boy after boy trained for music and medicine, and unleashed for murder.
Madeline Miller quotes: He waits for you. He waits for you.
Madeline Miller quotes: It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after. It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.
Madeline Miller quotes: Wealth and reputation were the things our people had always killed for. Wealth and reputation were the things our people had always killed for.
Madeline Miller quotes: This and this and this. This and this and this.
Madeline Miller quotes: I feel like I could eat the world raw. I feel like I could eat the world raw.
Madeline Miller quotes: Her mouth was a gash of red, like the torn-open stomach of a sacrifice, bloody and oracular. Behind it her teeth shone sharp and white as bone. Her mouth was a gash of red, like the torn-open stomach of a sacrifice, bloody and oracular. Behind it her teeth shone sharp and white as bone.
Madeline Miller quotes: I know, now, how I would answer Chiron. I would say: there is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong. I know, now, how I would answer Chiron. I would say: there is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong.
Madeline Miller quotes: Later, Achilles pressed close for a final, drowsy whisper. 'If you have to go, you know I will go with you.' We slept. Later, Achilles pressed close for a final, drowsy whisper. 'If you have to go, you know I will go with you.' We slept.
Madeline Miller quotes: Nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity. Nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity.
Madeline Miller quotes: He did not fear ridicule, he had never known it. He did not fear ridicule, he had never known it.
Madeline Miller quotes: Our men liked conquest; they did not trust a man who was conquered himself. Our men liked conquest; they did not trust a man who was conquered himself.
Madeline Miller quotes: Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from. Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.
Madeline Miller quotes: For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty?
Madeline Miller quotes: I am made of memories. I am made of memories.
Madeline Miller quotes: The door snicked shut. The door snicked shut.
Madeline Miller quotes: Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only. Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.
Madeline Miller quotes: He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.
Madeline Miller quotes: We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence. We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.
Madeline Miller quotes: Where there is greed, there is hope. Where there is greed, there is hope.
Madeline Miller quotes: I think: this is what I will miss. I think: I will kill myself rather than miss it. I think: how long do we have? I think: this is what I will miss. I think: I will kill myself rather than miss it. I think: how long do we have?
Madeline Miller quotes: Bring him back to me,' he told them. Bring him back to me,' he told them.
Madeline Miller quotes: Who was he if not destined for fame? Who was he if not destined for fame?
Madeline Miller quotes: When he speaks at last, his voice is weary, and defeated. He doesn't know how to be angry with me, either. We are like damp wood that won't light. When he speaks at last, his voice is weary, and defeated. He doesn't know how to be angry with me, either. We are like damp wood that won't light.
Madeline Miller quotes: I lay back and tried not to think of the minutes passing. Just yesterday we had a wealth of them. Now each was a drop of heartsblood lost. I lay back and tried not to think of the minutes passing. Just yesterday we had a wealth of them. Now each was a drop of heartsblood lost.
Madeline Miller quotes: He is half of my soul, as the poets say. He is half of my soul, as the poets say.
Madeline Miller quotes: Name one hero who was happy. You can't. Name one hero who was happy. You can't.
Madeline Miller quotes: Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free. Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free.
Madeline Miller quotes: Prince Achilles! Aristos Achaion! As Prince Achilles! Aristos Achaion! As
Madeline Miller quotes: When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him. When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
Madeline Miller quotes: I am air and thought and can do nothing. I am air and thought and can do nothing.
Madeline Miller quotes: He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return. He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return.
Madeline Miller quotes: The sound was pure and sweet as water, bright as lemons. The sound was pure and sweet as water, bright as lemons.
Madeline Miller quotes: We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory.
Madeline Miller quotes: Divine blood purified our muddy race, bred heroes from dust and clay. Divine blood purified our muddy race, bred heroes from dust and clay.
Madeline Miller quotes: And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
Madeline Miller quotes: As for the goddess's answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone. As for the goddess's answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone.
Madeline Miller quotes: This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old. This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old.
Madeline Miller quotes: There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw. There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.
Madeline Miller quotes: When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together. When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.
Madeline Miller quotes: And when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious And when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious
Madeline Miller quotes: We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both. We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.
Madeline Miller quotes: And her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. And her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon.
Madeline Miller quotes: Go," She says. "He waits for you. Go," She says. "He waits for you.
Madeline Miller quotes: Swear it.Why me?Because you're the reason. Swear it.
Why me?
Because you're the reason.
Madeline Miller quotes: There is no honour in betraying your friends. There is no honour in betraying your friends.
Madeline Miller quotes: That is - your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved. That is - your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.
Madeline Miller quotes: My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood. My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood.
Madeline Miller quotes: Have you no memories?'I am made of memories.'Then speak. Have you no memories?'
I am made of memories.
'Then speak.
Madeline Miller quotes: Our dead come for their vengeance regardless of witnesses Our dead come for their vengeance regardless of witnesses
Madeline Miller quotes: Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him. Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him.
Madeline Miller quotes: I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do. I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do.
Madeline Miller quotes: They leaned towards him, like flowers to the sun, drinking in his luster. It was as Odysseus had said: he had light enough to make heroes of them all. They leaned towards him, like flowers to the sun, drinking in his luster. It was as Odysseus had said: he had light enough to make heroes of them all.
Madeline Miller quotes: This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else it could be but Hector This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else it could be but Hector
Madeline Miller quotes: You do not command me. The silence went on and on, painful and breathless, like a singer overreaching to finish a phrase. Then, You do not command me. The silence went on and on, painful and breathless, like a singer overreaching to finish a phrase. Then,
Madeline Miller quotes: He is half my soul, as the poets say. He is half my soul, as the poets say.
Madeline Miller quotes: He smiled, and his face was like the sun. He smiled, and his face was like the sun.
Madeline Miller quotes: Do you think Aristos Achaion fights in hopeless wars? Do you think Aristos Achaion fights in hopeless wars?
Madeline Miller quotes: Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name. Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.
Madeline Miller quotes: And perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don't fucking kill myself of boredom. And perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don't fucking kill myself of boredom.
Madeline Miller quotes: Name one hero who was happy. Name one hero who was happy.
Madeline Miller quotes: You make the rarest canvas, love You make the rarest canvas, love
Madeline Miller quotes: I wish he had let you all die I wish he had let you all die
Madeline Miller quotes: He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important? He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important?
Madeline Miller quotes: Divine blood flows differently in each god-born child. Divine blood flows differently in each god-born child.
Madeline Miller quotes: A surety rose in me, lodged in my throat. I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me. A surety rose in me, lodged in my throat. I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.
Madeline Miller quotes: Achilles' eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. I wish he had let you all die. Achilles' eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. I wish he had let you all die.

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