--- title: "4 Historical fiction Quotes By Madeline Miller" description: "4 Historical fiction quotes by Madeline Miller. Plus more from Madeline Miller and more Historical fiction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeline-miller-2938_grief_the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow_1015643.jpg" --- > [“The never-ending ache of love and sorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeline-miller-2938_grief_the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow_1015643.jpg) > [“Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-living-but-it-did-not-appease/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/madeline-miller-2938_historical-fiction_exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-liv_1584119.jpg) > [There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/there-is-no-law-that-gods-must-be-fair-achilles-chiron-said-and-2/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/madeline-miller-2938_achilles_there-is-no-law-that-gods-must-be-fair-a_2192318.jpg) > [Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/perhaps-it-is-the-greatest-grief-after-all-to-be-left-on-earth-when/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/madeline-miller-2938_death_perhaps-it-is-the-greatest-grief-after-a_2238870.jpg) ## Other authors on Historical fiction - [Nancy B. Brewer 31 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/nancy-b-brewer/) - [Erica Sehyun Song 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/erica-sehyun-song/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hilary-mantel-42016.jpg) Hilary Mantel 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/hilary-mantel/) - [Samuel Snoek-Brown 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/samuel-snoek-brown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fay-godwin-34777.jpg) F.C. Malby 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/f-c-malby/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-melissa-de-la-cruz-66501.jpg) Melissa de la Cruz 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/melissa-de-la-cruz/) - [Susan Meissner 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/susan-meissner/) - [Sharon Lovejoy 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/sharon-lovejoy/) - [Gwenn Wright 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/gwenn-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brooks-hays-19957.jpg) Michael G. Kramer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/michael-g-kramer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-r-r-martin-37926.jpg) George R. R. Martin 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/george-r-r-martin-2/) - [Emery Lee 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/emery-lee/) ## More by Madeline Miller > [I feel like I could eat the world raw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/i-feel-like-i-could-eat-the-world-raw/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/this-was-a-man-who-moved-like-the-gods-were-watching-every-gesture-he/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/bury-us-and-mark-our-names-above-let-us-be-free/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/patroclus-he-says-patroclus-patroclus-over-and-over-until-it-is-sound/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“True is what men believe, and they believe this of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/true-is-what-men-believe-and-they-believe-this-of-you/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“Strange that such a small kindness felt like grace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/strange-that-such-a-small-kindness-felt-like-grace/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/briseis-is-kneeling-by-my-body-she-has-brought-water-and-cloth-and/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/odysseus-inclines-his-head-true-but-fame-is-a-strange-thing-some-men/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“I would like to say that all the while I waited to break out, but the truth is, I'm afraid I might have floated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/i-would-like-to-say-that-all-the-while-i-waited-to-break-out-but-the/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“I gaped at the cold shock of his beauty, deep-green eyes, features fine as a girl's. It struck from me a sudden, springing dislike.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/i-gaped-at-the-cold-shock-of-his-beauty-deep-green-eyes-features-fine/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/i-found-myself-grinning-until-my-cheeks-hurt-my-scalp-prickling-till/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/when-he-died-all-things-soft-and-beautiful-and-bright-would-be-buried/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [“Bring him back to me,' he told them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/bring-him-back-to-me-he-told-them/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/her-mouth-was-a-gash-of-red-like-the-torn-open-stomach-of-a-sacrifice/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) > [and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/and-her-skin-shone-luminous-and-impossibly-pale-as-if-it-drank-light/) [Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-fiction/madeline-miller/#itemlist", "name": "4 Historical fiction Quotes By Madeline Miller", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The never-ending ache of love and sorrow.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeline Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeline-miller-2938_grief_the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow_1015643.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeline-miller-2938_grief_the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow_1015643.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/madeline-miller-2938_grief_the-never-ending-ache-of-love-and-sorrow_1015643.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The never-ending ache of love and sorrow.” — Madeline Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeline Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-living-but-it-did-not-appease/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/madeline-miller-2938_historical-fiction_exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-liv_1584119.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/madeline-miller-2938_historical-fiction_exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-liv_1584119.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/madeline-miller-2938_historical-fiction_exile-might-satisfy-the-anger-of-the-liv_1584119.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead.” — Madeline Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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