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

“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…

— 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

“I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, grinning as the figs blur in his hands. His green eyes laughing into mine. Catch, he says.…

— Madeline Miller

“Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.”

— Madeline Miller

“Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.”

— Madeline Miller

“When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.”

— Madeline Miller

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”

— Madeline Miller

“I saw then how I had changed. I did not mind anymore that I lost when we raced and I lost when we swam…

— Madeline Miller

“Briseis is kneeling by my body. She has brought water and cloth, and washes the blood and dirt from my skin. Her hands are…

— Madeline Miller

“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.”

— Madeline Miller

“My friend Patroclus, whom I loved, is dead. I loved him more than any other comrade. I loved him like my head, my life,…

— Homer

“You know, I should start thinking on names. I have to be over two months gone. A name is important. Especially for this baby.”…

— Catherine Anderson

“The never-ending ache of love and sorrow. Perhaps in some other life I could have refused, could have torn my hair and screamed, and…

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

“There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,' Chiron said. 'And perhaps it is a greater grief, after all, to be left…

— Madeline Miller