Historical fiction Quote by Madeline Miller Download Open image ““Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead.”” — Madeline Miller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Historical fiction Life
“Exiled by death from people we have known, We are reduced again by years, and try To call them back and clothe the barren… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
“In this way the insurrection began. Death was everywhere. Death was everything. Career. Desire. Dream. Poetry. Love. Youth itself. Dying became just another way… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“All I wanted was to be put to death without torment. It was perhaps a weakness, but I believe that the mind of man… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“What’s worst: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider, and too alert… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
“He burned to appease the fierce longing of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that he was… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“But without that spark of anger, without destruction, there can be no rebirth.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“...what an unfair advantage the dead had over the living, for there could be no rebuttal, no denial, nothing but the accusing silence of… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“He supposed he was not a sufficiently dignified person for suicide.Peaceful death abhorred him as a subject and would not take him.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“The dead have already found their peace. Revenge is nothing more than a selfish pursuit.” — Lexi Blake Copy Share Image
“There wasn't much left for anyone to die for, except the right to remain peculiar.” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“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… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“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.… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“I know a feeling like that only comes once in a lifetime, and I think you should follow your heart’s desires. I believe in… — Ahmad Ardalan Copy Share Image
“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.” — J.D. Winston Copy Share Image
“Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger on my… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight… — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination and prejudice.… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“Right now, is not the time to strike at the Romans, but it will come, and we will all rise and wipe out the… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together.” — Kimberly Elkins Copy Share Image
