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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

“he buired his face in his hands and did not speak. i held him and whispered all the bits of broken comfort i could find.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“the never-ending ache of love and sorrow. perhaps in some other life i could have refused, could have torn my hair and screamed, made him face his choice alone. but not in this one. he would sail to troy and i would follow, even into death.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“i did not care. i would have no need of her. i did not plan to live after he was gone.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“i do not know this man, i think. he is no one i have ever seen before.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“I learned to sleep through the day so that I would not be tired when he returned; he always needed to talk then, to tell me down to the last detail about the faces and the wounds and the movements of men. And I wanted to be able to listen, to digest the bloody images, to paint them flat and unremarkable onto the vase of posterity. To release him from it and make him Achilles again.”

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Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“And she wished him to be a god. She had spoken it so simply, as if it were obvious. A god. I could not imagine him so. Gods were cold and distant, far off as the moon, nothing like his bright eyes, the warm mischief of his smiles.”

Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“It was not honor that made Meleager fight, or his friends, or victory, or revenge, or even his own life. It was Cleopatra, on her knees before him, her face streaked with tears. Here is Phoinix’s craft: Cleopatra, Patroclus. Her name built from the same pieces as mine, only reversed.”

Book:The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“If you have to go, you know I will go with you." We slept.”

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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

About the Author

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

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