Mart > Mart's Quotes

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“A golden cage is still a cage.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“There was a pause. Frieda was about to stand up and fetch the nurse when David spoke again, in a quiet voice. “That—that thing you say happened to you . . .” “The rape,” said Frieda. “It has a name.” “Yes. Well. Are you—I mean, what’s going on with that?” Frieda looked at her mother, who had never believed her story and who now never would. “I don’t want to talk about it, David.” “That’s probably for the best.” He sounded relieved. “I mean, it’s all in the past and sometimes you just have to let sleeping dogs lie.” Wake up those dogs, thought Frieda. Set them loose on the world.”
― Nicci French, Thursday's Children

“Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It's nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long.”
― Nicci French, Thursday's Child

“So what is this radical idea? That most people, deep down, are pretty decent.”
― Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures

“It's when crisis hits - when the bombs fall or the floodwaters rise - that we humans become our best selves.”
― Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History