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#1

“I could recognize 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.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#2

“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

tags: love

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#3

“Weep not, everything must have its day.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

tags: oedipus-rex, sophocles

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#4

“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: human, life, value, worth

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#5

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: inspirational, love

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#6

“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Sally Rooney , Normal People

tags: depressing

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#7

“All my care is you, and all my pleasure yours.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

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#8

“Connell wished he knew how other people conducted their private lives, so that he could copy from example.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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#9

“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.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: love

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#10

“You'll stay with me?'
Until the very end,' said James.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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#11

“He has sincerely wanted to die, but he has never sincerely wanted Marianne to forget about him. That’s the only part of himself he wants to protect, the part that exists inside her. ”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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#12

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: death, death-of-a-loved-one, love

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#13

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends

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#14

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#15

“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#16

“That is — your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: achilles, death, death-of-a-loved-one, greek, greek-mythology, lgbt, lgbtq, love, mythology, patroclus, trojan-war

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#17

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: death, dumbledore, harry, inspirational, philosophers-stone, ron, sorcerers-stone

25344 likes

#18

“I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#19

“The last thing I think is: Achilles.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#20

“This and this and this.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: love, understanding

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#21

“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: dumbledore

21654 likes

#22

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

48287 likes

#23

“I did not plan to live after he was gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: death, life

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#24

“He is a mortal,” she says. “And mortals die.” “I am a mortal!” he screams. “What good is godhead, if it cannot do this? What good are you?”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#25

“I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#26

“Name one hero who was happy. You can't.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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#27

“Patroclus,' he said. He was always better with words than I.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: humor, love, words

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#28

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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#29

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: dumbledore

26201 likes

#30

“I don't know what's wrong with me, says Marianne. I don't know why I can't be like normal people.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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