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Madeline Miller Quotes: "There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?"

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?



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: "I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world."

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere."

She wants you to be a god," I told him. "I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.




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: "In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun."

In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.



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: "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: "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: "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: "I feel like I could eat the world raw."

I feel like I could eat the world raw.



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 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: "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from."

No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.



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: "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: "The door snicked shut."

The door snicked shut.



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: "Name one hero who was happy."

Name one hero who was happy.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "Who was he if not destined for fame?"

Who was he if not destined for fame?



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: "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: "That is — your friend?" "Philtatos, " Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved."

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



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: "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: "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: "But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?"

But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?



Madeline Miller Quotes: "She wants you to be a god, " I told him."I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere."

She wants you to be a god, " I told him."I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "Patroclus, ' he said. He was always better with words than I."

Patroclus, ' he said. He was always better with words than I.



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: "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: "There is no honour in betraying your friends."

There is no honour in betraying your friends.




Madeline Miller Quotes: "He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight."

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight.



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: "He knew, but it was not enough. The sorrow was so large it threatened to tear through my skin. When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him."

He knew, but it was not enough. The sorrow was so large it threatened to tear through my skin. When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "Above us, the constellations spun and the moon paced her weary course. We lay stricken and sleepless as the hours passed."

Above us, the constellations spun and the moon paced her weary course. We lay stricken and sleepless as the hours passed.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles, ” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?"

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles, ” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?



Madeline Miller Quotes: "Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead."

Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead.



Madeline Miller Quotes: "The never-ending ache of love and sorrow."

The never-ending ache of love and sorrow.



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: "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: "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.



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.