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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

It seemed absurd even to think of it, foolish and improbable as a dream is by dinner. — Madeline Miller

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

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

Perhaps he simply assumed: a bitterness of habit, of boy after boy trained for music and medicine, and unleashed for murder. — Madeline Miller

He waits for you. — Madeline Miller

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

Wealth and reputation were the things our people had always killed for. — Madeline Miller

This and this and this. — Madeline Miller

I feel like I could eat the world raw. — Madeline Miller

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

I know, now, how I would answer Chiron. I would say: there is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong. — Madeline Miller

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

Nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity. — Madeline Miller

He did not fear ridicule, he had never known it. — Madeline Miller

Our men liked conquest; they did not trust a man who was conquered himself. — Madeline Miller

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

For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? — Madeline Miller

I am made of memories. — Madeline Miller

The door snicked shut. — Madeline Miller

Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only. — Madeline Miller

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

We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence. — Madeline Miller

Where there is greed, there is hope. — Madeline Miller

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

Bring him back to me,' he told them. — Madeline Miller

Who was he if not destined for fame? — Madeline Miller

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

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

He is half of my soul, as the poets say. — Madeline Miller

Name one hero who was happy. You can't. — Madeline Miller

Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free. — Madeline Miller

Prince Achilles! Aristos Achaion! As — Madeline Miller

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him. — Madeline Miller

I am air and thought and can do nothing. — Madeline Miller

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

The sound was pure and sweet as water, bright as lemons. — Madeline Miller

We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. — Madeline Miller

Divine blood purified our muddy race, bred heroes from dust and clay. — Madeline Miller

And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. — Madeline Miller

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

This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old. — Madeline Miller

There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw. — Madeline Miller

When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together. — Madeline Miller

And when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious — Madeline Miller

We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both. — Madeline Miller

And her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. — Madeline Miller

Go," She says. "He waits for you. — Madeline Miller

Swear it.
Why me?
Because you're the reason. — Madeline Miller

There is no honour in betraying your friends. — Madeline Miller

That is - your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved. — Madeline Miller

My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood. — Madeline Miller

Have you no memories?'
I am made of memories.
'Then speak. — Madeline Miller

Our dead come for their vengeance regardless of witnesses — Madeline Miller

Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him. — Madeline Miller

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

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

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

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

He is half my soul, as the poets say. — Madeline Miller

He smiled, and his face was like the sun. — Madeline Miller

Do you think Aristos Achaion fights in hopeless wars? — Madeline Miller

Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name. — Madeline Miller

And perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don't fucking kill myself of boredom. — Madeline Miller

Name one hero who was happy. — Madeline Miller

You make the rarest canvas, love — Madeline Miller

I wish he had let you all die — Madeline Miller

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

Divine blood flows differently in each god-born child. — Madeline Miller

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

Achilles' eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. I wish he had let you all die. — Madeline Miller