“Children of gods always came to their strength faster than mortals. He would miss them when they were gone, I knew. But I would find something else for him. I would help him forget. I would say, some people are like constellations who only touch the earth for a season.”
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. more
“but there was no wound that she could give me that i had not already given myself”
“Sometimes you must be content with ignorance”
“I had a little pride, as I have said, and that was good. More would have been fatal.”
“Life, for the living, is a gift of opportunity; an exercise of the will to choose.”