Achilles Quote by Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

“As for the goddess’s answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he…

— Madeline Miller

“Much that we had appreciated about one another had been left unsaid. In humor, in life and in love, we had understood.”

— Jasper Fforde

“This is the whole stupid thing about all these unblood relationships. They depend on people staying the same, standing in the same spot they…

— Matt Haig

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

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

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

— 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…

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller

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

— Madeline Miller