Circe / The Song of Achilles Quotes

“name one hero who was happy"
"....."
"you can't"
"i can't"
"i know, they never let you be famous and happy! let me tell you a secret, i'm going to be the first, swear it"
"why me?"
"because you're the reason, swear it"
"i swear it"
"i swear it”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“There is no law that says the gods must be fair.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“-Tell me a hero who was happy.
-There isn't.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“Agamemnon nods, a dismissal, and we turn to go. Iphigenia. A tripping name, the sound of goat hooves on rock, quick, lively, lovely.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“Wysoko konstelacje opadają i krążą. Boskość rozświetla się we mnie jak ostatnie promienie słońca, zanim spocznie w morzu. Kiedyś myślałam, że bogowie są przeciwieństwem śmierci, ale teraz widzę, że są bardziej pogrążeni w śmierci niż ktokolwiek inny, bo są niezmienni i nie mogą utrzymać niczego w rękach.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“He watches me. It seems that he is waiting. 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, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“At night, the moon silvered smaller and smaller. I stared until I could see it even when I closed my eyes, the yellow curve bright against the dark of my eyelids. I hoped that it might keep the visions of the boy at bay.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“Go, he waits for you.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe / The Song of Achilles

“But it was not kindness he lacked; it was interest.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles, Circe / The Song of Achilles