Quotes from Madeline Miller

D??ar?da mevsim de?i?mi?ti. Gökyüzü ellerini açt?, yer de o ellere uzanmak için ?i?ti.

No one spoke to me. I was easy to ignore. It was not so very different from home, really.

I thought, This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old.

What is a mortal like?" It was a child's question, but he nodded gravely. "There is no single answer. They are each different. The only thing they share is death. You know the word?

You have always been the worst of my children," he said. "Be sure you do not dishonor me." "I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out.

?ki çocu?u vard?. ?kisini de aç?kça görememi?ti. Ama belki de hiçbir anne baba evlad?n? gerçekten göremez. Bakt???m?zda sadece kendi hatalar?m?z?n bir yans?mas?n? görüyoruz.

If you have to go, I will go with you.

A trumpet blows outside. Her hand goes to her cheek, swipes away tears. "Go," she whispers. "Please.

En muhtaç durumdakilerin en nefret etti?i ?ey minnettarl?kt?r, s?rf kendilerini yeniden iyi hissetmek için ilk f?rsatta sald?r?rlar.

I can break a hundred youths and send their bodies back to wailing mothers. I will tear your entails and eat them for my lunch. I fixed my gaze on his. "Try," I said.

Non avevo altare, ma non ne avevo bisogno: ogni luogo in cui mi trovavo era il mio tempio.

Another moon passed, and somewhere in those months was the last time he ever screamed. I wish I could remember when it was. No, I wish rather I could have told myself when it would come, so all those hopeless days I could have looked to its horizon.

Is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?

As for the goddess' answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone

Most men, in my experience, are fools.

Sorunun bir me?e fidesi gibi oldu?unu dü?ündüm. Topra??n üstünde basit, ye?il bir filiz ama alt?nda dall? budakl? kökler çukur aç?yor, derinlere yay?l?yor.

How could any ordinary man take pride in his own skill when there was this in the world?

The gray-eyed maiden has ever been kind to me," Odysseus said, almost apologetically. "She knows why I am here; she blesses and guards my purpose.

Dü?man?n? dinleme, demi?ti Odysseus bir keresinde bana. Onlara bak.Gördüklerin her ?eyi anlatacakt?r.

The thread will run smooth, whether you choose it or not. I tell you as a friend, it is better to seek it on your own terms, to make it go at your pace, than theirs.

days slipping by in idyll.

You speak no honest speeches from pure heart. You do no noble deeds in the gleaming sunlight.

Yara izlerini yok etmeyi önerdim. Ba??n? iki yana sallad?. "Kendimi nas?l tan?yaca??m?

What should I do?" he whispered. The slightest tremor, over the still water of her face. "Do not ask me to choose," she said. And vanished.