All Madeline Miller Quotes
- No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from. Another Wherever
- My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood. Apocalypse
- . . .nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity. Dirty
- and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. Drank
- The door snicked shut. Door
- 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.… Boyish
- Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in… Abhorred
- When I first started studying Greek, one of my absolute favorite parts was realizing that so many English words had these old, secret roots. Learning… Absolute
- 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… Alone
- 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… From
- I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me. If I had had words to speak… Always Better
- 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… Drop
- Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from. Another Wherever
- I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from… Air
- 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… Achilles
- I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some… Cut
- I would still be with you. But I could sleep outside, so it would not be so obvious. I do not need to attend your… All
- 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… Darkness
- I feel like I could eat the world raw. Eat
- 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… Change
- It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came.… Almost Like
- and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious Across
- The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our… Anchor
- He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important? Brother
- Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. All