Madeline Miller
Madeline Miller is an acclaimed American author and classicist, best known for her bestselling novels "The Song of Achilles" and "Circe." Born in Boston and educated at Brown University, she holds degrees in Latin and Ancient Greek. Miller's work is celebrated for its lyrical prose and deep exploration of classical mythology, bringing ancient tales to life with contemporary relevance. Her novels have received numerous literary awards and international acclaim.
Book summaries for books written by Madeline Miller
Quotes
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
I could not care less for the immortal gods, but I love him.
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.
There are no bargains between lions and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.
When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
He was half of my soul, as the poets say.
We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake, holding him, and how many times I had thought of a new way to say it.
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth.
When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist.
Beneath the smooth, familiar face of things is another that waits to tear the world in two.