Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Madeline Miller > Quotes > Quotable Quote

 

 (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Madeline Miller

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”

― Madeline Miller, Circe
tags: circe, greek-mythology, intimacy, love, odysseus, scars, vulnerability
Read more quotes from Madeline Miller


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter
Like Quote

Recommend to friends
Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

1956 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote

DeAndre Williams
DeAndre
4 books
view quotes

 
23 hours, 26 min ago
axelle
axelle
203 books
view quotes

 
Nov 11, 2025 07:24AM
Maddie
Maddie
98 books
view quotes

 
Nov 10, 2025 08:32PM
C. B. F.
C. B. F.
67 books
view quotes

 
Oct 27, 2025 12:33PM
JokerSmiles
JokerSmiles
1,421 books
view quotes

 
Oct 16, 2025 09:42AM
Cassandra Galindo
Cassandra
1,066 books
view quotes

 
Oct 16, 2025 08:51AM
book_ninja
book_ninja
566 books
view quotes

 
Oct 14, 2025 07:41AM
Emma
Emma
2,031 books
view quotes

 
Sep 30, 2025 05:18PM
Llalalla Lala
Llalalla
48 books
view quotes

 
Sep 25, 2025 05:23AM
Viv
Viv
150 books
view quotes

 
Sep 23, 2025 03:28AM
marlene
marlene
736 books
view quotes

 
Sep 21, 2025 03:11PM
Vasi.
Vasi.
332 books
view quotes

 
Sep 20, 2025 09:07PM
olivia :)
olivia
17 books
view quotes

 
Sep 17, 2025 06:13PM
Angel Nica
Angel
86 books
view quotes

 
Sep 09, 2025 11:37AM
Liam Stilwell
Liam
0 books
view quotes

 
Sep 06, 2025 01:49PM
Sadie Whatley
Sadie
308 books
view quotes

 
Aug 20, 2025 12:18AM
Nóra Nagy
Nóra
49 books
view quotes

 
Aug 17, 2025 01:47PM
alexis
alexis
0 books
view quotes

 
Aug 16, 2025 06:55AM
Yusufemre
Yusufemre
0 books
view quotes

 
Aug 12, 2025 01:25PM
adrii !!
adrii !!
0 books
view quotes

 
Aug 02, 2025 02:10PM
Molly The Void Syr3n
Molly
57 books
view quotes

 
Aug 02, 2025 02:57AM
Danah Austen
Danah
77 books
view quotes

 
Aug 01, 2025 01:56AM
Elise Seanor
Elise
995 books
view quotes

 
Jul 29, 2025 04:27PM
Shanaya vrs
Shanaya
28 books
view quotes

 
Jul 27, 2025 06:24AM
MorganMichael
MorganMichael
2,125 books
view quotes

 
Jul 25, 2025 08:32PM
Shelby M. (Read and Find Out)
Shelby M.
3,310 books
view quotes

 
Jul 22, 2025 04:55AM
Sarah
Sarah
0 books
view quotes

 
Jul 19, 2025 10:58AM
♡
♡
56 books
view quotes

 
Jul 12, 2025 05:45AM
Vonnie
Vonnie
1,019 books
view quotes

 
Jul 11, 2025 03:25PM
Emma
Emma
303 books
view quotes

 
Jul 09, 2025 01:56AM
L u i s a ✨
L u i s a ✨
1,980 books
view quotes

 
Jul 08, 2025 03:32AM
Alexa Escapita
Alexa
681 books
view quotes

 
Jun 30, 2025 09:08AM
Haim
Haim
194 books
view quotes

 
Jun 28, 2025 03:42PM
Tracy
Tracy
1,112 books
view quotes

 
Jun 25, 2025 11:31PM
Lena
Lena
74 books
view quotes

 
Jun 16, 2025 02:39AM
Sharanyaa Biswas
Sharanyaa
714 books
view quotes

 
Jun 12, 2025 09:56AM
Tatiana
Tatiana
152 books
view quotes

 
Jun 12, 2025 05:36AM
Crow Reilly
Crow
0 books
view quotes

 
Jun 09, 2025 12:07PM
Yi En
Yi En
222 books
view quotes

 
Jun 07, 2025 01:36AM
Annaliza Duarte
Annaliza
125 books
view quotes

 
May 30, 2025 01:41PM
shriya ⋆
shriya
0 books
view quotes

 
May 25, 2025 06:14AM
Another_reader✝️
Another_reader✝️
3 books
view quotes

 
May 23, 2025 01:25PM
Penny K
Penny
0 books
view quotes

 
May 20, 2025 11:32AM
Ceto
Ceto
0 books
view quotes

 
May 20, 2025 04:45AM
Mango Chutney
Mango
1 book
view quotes

 
May 14, 2025 07:37AM
Niyati
Niyati
5 books
view quotes

 
May 12, 2025 05:39AM
Rahne E.
Rahne
2 books
view quotes

 
May 05, 2025 11:38AM
Taylor
Taylor
105 books
view quotes

 
May 03, 2025 12:29PM
LiiLii
LiiLii
727 books
view quotes

 
May 01, 2025 05:52PM
Jocelyn
Jocelyn
173 books
view quotes

 
Apr 30, 2025 10:23AM
Circeise
Circeise
19 books
view quotes

 
Apr 29, 2025 09:20AM
Noah
Noah
0 books
view quotes

 
Apr 27, 2025 11:15AM
chloie adrianna
chloie adrianna
200 books
view quotes

 
Apr 26, 2025 12:52AM
Ariadne Farah
Ariadne
0 books
view quotes

 
Apr 23, 2025 10:38AM
Ellen Murphy
Ellen
253 books
view quotes

 
Apr 23, 2025 06:49AM
Muñeca
Muñeca
6 books
view quotes

 
Apr 12, 2025 12:27AM
itzelidkk
itzelidkk
499 books
view quotes

 
Apr 10, 2025 01:35PM
Claire Daigle
Claire
141 books
view quotes

 
Apr 09, 2025 11:27PM
Isis Díaz
Isis
0 books
view quotes

 
Apr 09, 2025 10:43PM
Katey
Katey
0 books
view quotes

 
Apr 09, 2025 07:05AM
Yaiza
Yaiza
209 books
view quotes

 
Apr 08, 2025 02:00AM
Jolene Dolo
Jolene
12 books
view quotes

 
Apr 06, 2025 08:32AM
Sabah A
Sabah
12 books
view quotes

 
Apr 05, 2025 09:49PM
Riley Schneider
Riley
29 books
view quotes

 
Apr 04, 2025 11:11AM
Evaluna Rivera
Evaluna
0 books
view quotes

 
Mar 31, 2025 12:20PM
Katarína Sučanská
Katarína
252 books
view quotes

 
Mar 27, 2025 09:09AM
Raven
Raven
7 books
view quotes

 
Mar 25, 2025 11:23AM
Ida
Ida
177 books
view quotes

 
Mar 22, 2025 04:27PM
Oe
Oe
0 books
view quotes

 
Mar 21, 2025 08:31PM
vangoghls
vangoghls
882 books
view quotes

 
Mar 20, 2025 05:03PM
Ly
Ly
52 books
view quotes

 
Mar 19, 2025 08:25AM
Ashley Kelly
Ashley
145 books
view quotes

 
Mar 06, 2025 04:44PM
Logan
Logan
194 books
view quotes

 
Feb 23, 2025 01:12AM
Manal Anwar
Manal
125 books
view quotes

 
Feb 20, 2025 09:37AM
Liz U
Liz
0 books
view quotes

 
Feb 17, 2025 07:36PM
Carolina
Carolina
431 books
view quotes

 
Feb 12, 2025 10:05AM
Allison Spiner
Allison
280 books
view quotes

 
Feb 11, 2025 08:49PM
Aleeza Athar
Aleeza
362 books
view quotes

 
Feb 11, 2025 11:46AM
Maya
Maya
167 books
view quotes

 
Feb 06, 2025 05:39AM
« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 19 20

All Quotes
My Quotes
Add A Quote

This Quote Is From

Circe Circe by Madeline Miller
1,321,208 ratings, average rating, 131,628 reviews

Browse By Tag