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> [“Mistress?” the leader would say. “Do not tell me that such a beauty as yourself dwells all alone?” “Oh, yes,” I would answer. “Quite alone.” He would smile. He could not help it. There was never any fear in him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-miller/mistress-the-leader-would-say-do-not-tell-me-that-such-a-beauty-as/)

[Madeline Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-miller/)

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## 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/)

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