“Overhead the constellations dip and wheel. My divinity shines in me like the last rays of the sun before they drown in the sea. I thought once that gods are the opposite of death, but I see now they are more dead than anything, for they are unchanging, and can hold nothing in their hands. All my life, I have been moving forward, and now I am here. I have a mortal's voice, let me have the rest. I lift the brimming bowl to my lips and drink.”
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 endurance had always been my virtue, and I kept on”
“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. -Then, child, make another.”
“She seemed to fit into the air like a jewel in its crown.”
“Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?”
“A guinea pig,' C.C. said. 'Lovely, aren't you? Men are pigs, Percy Jackson.”
“Death's Brother is the name that poets give to sleep”
“I looked into his good face. Not good because it was handsome, but because it was itself...”