People are people, whatever age they're living in. The circumstances may have changed - we go to war with planes instead of chariots - but experiences of grief, longing, rage and love remain the same.
I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do. - Madeline Miller
I shift, an infinitesimal movement, towards him. It is like the leap from a waterfall. I do not know, until then, what I am going to do.
- Madeline Miller
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 … - Madeline Miller
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 …
I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with fre… - Madeline Miller
I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with fre…
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pou… - Madeline Miller
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pou…
People are people, whatever age they're living in. The circumstances may have changed - we go to war with planes instead of chariots - but experience… - Madeline Miller
People are people, whatever age they're living in. The circumstances may have changed - we go to war with planes instead of chariots - but experience…
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other. - Madeline Miller
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from. - Madeline Miller
Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.
Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. - Madeline Miller
Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. - Madeline Miller
He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.
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