The-song-of-achilles Quotes by Madeline Miller

“We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.”

— Madeline Miller

“I could not make him a god,' she says. Her jagged voice, rich with grief. But you made him.”

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

“Her mouth tightens. 'Have you no more memories?' I am made of memories. 'Speak, then.”

— Madeline Miller

“She made Pyrrhus, and loved him more than Achilles.”

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

— Madeline Miller

“Chiron had once said that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. 'No man is worth more than another, wherever he…

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“This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no…

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“There was more to say, but for once we did not say it. There would be other times for speaking, tonight and…

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

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“Later Achilles would play the lyre, as Chiron and I listened. My mother's lyre. He had brought it with him. 'I wish…

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“Name one hero who was happy." "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward. "I can't." "I know. They never let…

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“I have done it,' she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she…

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

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

— Madeline Miller