BOOK STARTERS VOL.35   THE SONG OF ACHILLES   MADELINE MILLER
â Name one hero who was happy. â- You canât. â
â I feel like I could eat the world raw. â
â We are like gods at the dawning of the world. â
â I could recognise 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. â
â There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw. â
â You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. â
â He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. â
â Some men gain glory after they die, others fade. â
â I am made of memories. â
â Will you come with me? â
â I wish I had let you all die. â
â It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after. â
â Bury us. Let us be free. â
â Go. He waits for you. â
â Nothing could eclipse the stain of this dirty, mortal mediocrity. â
â I know I have told you of this. â
â I donât know how you remember them all. I swear they look the same to me. â
â Perhaps you should get some new stories, so I donât fucking kill myself of boredom. â
â I yearn for the darkness and silence of the underworld, where I can rest. â
â There is no honour in betraying your friends. â
â There is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong. â
â Divine blood flows differently. â
â How is there glory in taking life? We die so easily. â
â This is what I will miss, I think. I will kill myself rather than miss it. â
â How long do we have? â
â Do you think we fight hopeless wars? â
â There is no law that gods must be fair. â
â I do not fear ridicule. I never have. â
â You were always better with words than I. â
â Who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? â










