foxholes: The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller + Quotes “We were like gods at the dawning o

foxholes:

The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller + Quotes

“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.” 

“Name one hero who was happy.”                                                      “You can't”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with 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 lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.”

“I am made of memories.”

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”

“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.”