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Madeline Miller

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Madeline Miller is an American novelist known for her modern interpretations of Greek mythology. Born on July 24, 1978, she graduated from Princeton University and later earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her works, 'The Song of Achilles' and 'Circe', have been widely acclaimed by readers.

Famous Madeline Miller Quotes

“The spear that I do not see comes from behind. It pierces the skin of my back, breaks again to air beneath my ribs. I stumble, driven forward by the blow's force, by the shock of tearing pain and the burning numbness in my belly. I feel a tug, and the spear-point is gone. The blood gushes hot on my chilled skin. I think I scream.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“There was more to say, but for once we did not say it. There would be other times for speaking, tonight and tomorrow and all the days after that.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”

Love Never Achilles Patroclus Patrochilles

Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“Will you tell me who hurt you? I imagine saying, 'You.' But that is nothing more than childishness.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“Be careful tomorrow,' she says. 'Best of men. Best of the Myrmidons...It is truth,' she says. 'Let it stand, for once.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“In making Achilles and Patroclus lovers, I wasn't trying to speak for all gay men, just as when I write straight characters, I don't claim to speak for all straight people. My job as an author is to give voice to these very particular characters - these two men, in this time, and in this place”

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Author:Madeline Miller

“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 such a thing, I would have. But there were none that seemed big enough for it, to hold that swelling truth. As if he had heard me, he reached for my hand. I did not need to look; his fingers were etched into my memory, slender and petal-veined, strong and quick and never wrong. “Patroclus,” he said. He was always better with words than I.”

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Author:Madeline Miller

About the Author

Born: July 24, 1978
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 323

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