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Quotes About Understanding

Yüreklerimizde gerçekte ne oldu?u bilinseydi kaç?m?z affedilirdi?
~ Madeline Miller
Pero quizá ningún progenitor sea capaz de ver realmente a sus hijos. Cuando los miramos vemos únicamente el reflejo de nuestros propios recuerdos
~ Madeline Miller
Wie lustig, « fuhr sie fort, »dass du selbst nach so langer Zeit immer noch erwartest, dass man dich belohnt, nur weil du gehorsam warst. Ich dachte, du hättest diese Lektion im Palast unseres Vaters gelernt. Niemand war so unterwürfig und ein-faltig wie du, und trotzdem trat der mächtige Helios dich umso rascher mit Füßen, denn du kauertest ja bereits da unten.«
~ Madeline Miller
Yüreklerimizde gerçekten ne oldu?u bilinseydi kaç?m?z affedilirdi?
~ Madeline Miller
Pero quizá ningún progenitor sea capaz de ver realmente a sus hijos. Cuando los miramos vemos únicamente el reflejo de nuestros propios defectos.
~ Madeline Miller
?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.
~ Madeline Miller
Is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?
~ Madeline Miller
Most men, in my experience, are fools.
~ Madeline Miller
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.
~ Madeline Miller
Dü?man?n? dinleme, demi?ti Odysseus bir keresinde bana. Onlara bak.Gördüklerin her ?eyi anlatacakt?r.
~ Madeline Miller
Yara izlerini yok etmeyi önerdim. Ba??n? iki yana sallad?. "Kendimi nas?l tan?yaca??m?
~ Madeline Miller
I loved this about him. No matter how many times I had asked, he answered me as if it were the first time
~ Madeline Miller
I would know it even in madness.
~ Madeline Miller
It is not you," I said. "At least there is that.
~ Madeline Miller
He buried his face in his hands and did not speak. I held him and whispered all the bits of broken comfort I could find.
~ Madeline Miller
She is also young and has the prejudices of her kind. I am older and flatter myself that I can read a man more clearly. I have no objection to Patroclus as your companion.
~ Madeline Miller
Patroclus," he said. He was always better with words than I.
~ Madeline Miller
said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?
~ Madeline Miller
Do you understand?" I could feel her breath on my cheek, not warm at all, but chilled like the depths of the sea. Do you understand? He had told me that she hated to be kept waiting.
~ Madeline Miller
But he could tell your father. He might be angry." I said it almost desperately. Soon my skin would grow too warm, and I would no longer be able to think. "So what if he is?" The first time he had said something like this, I had been shocked. That his father might be angry and Achilles would still do as he wished—it was something I did not understand, could barely imagine. It was like a drug to hear him say it. I never tired of it.
~ Madeline Miller
I spent 10 years of my life gambling, they always hated that and tried to stop me. I never defended myself, you know me well, I never defend my actions because I know that time heals what reason cannot. And here we are, they finally understand why gambling is so fun. Thanks, Achilles.
~ Madeline Miller
This and this and this, I said to him.
~ Madeline Miller
he said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. but is it not a sort of genius to always cut to the heart?
~ Madeline Miller
Zwei Kinder hatte er gehabt, und keins davon hatte er klar erkannt. Aber vielleicht können Eltern ihre Kinder nicht wirklich sehen. Wenn wir hinsehen, sehen wir nur das Spiegelbild unserer eigenen Fehler.
~ Madeline Miller