Love Quotes Quote by Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”

““Name one hero who was happy."”

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

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”

“He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return.”

““Have you no more memories?"”

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”

“But what he hadn’t expected was that when everyone feared him and flattered him, Lan WangJi scolded him right in his face; when everyone spurned him and loathed him, Lan WangJi stood by his side.”

“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”

“And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.”

“What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you,' I said to her.”

“Because...because...she came here with me.”