Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him."
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"Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Peleus acknowledged this. "Yet other boys will be envious that you have chosen such a one. What will you tell them" "I will tell them nothing." The answer came with no hesitation, clear and crisp. "It is not for them to say what I will do."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"That is — your friend" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"Exile might satisfy the anger of the living, but it did not appease the dead."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"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 earth when another is gone. Do you think?"
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"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 earth when another is gone. Do you think?”“Perhaps,” Achilles admitted. I listened and did not speak. Achilles’ eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"He knew, but it was not enough. The sorrow was so large it threatened to tear through my skin. When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight."
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
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