Jacqueline

“The word I use is hubris. Our word for arrogance that scrapes the stars, for violence and towering rage as ugly as the gods.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“My consolation is that we will be together in the underworld. That we will meet again there, if not in this life. I would not wish to be there without her.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Until this moment, Wylan hadn't quite understood how much they meant to him. His father would have sneered at these thugs and thieves, a disgraced soldier, a gambler who couldn't keep out of the red. But they were his first friends, his only friends, and Wylan knew that even if he'd had his pick of a thousand companions, these would have been the people he chose.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

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