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“The knife’s edge fell onto her throat, and blood spurted over the altar, spilled down her dress. She choked, tried to speak, could not. Her body thrashed and writhed, but the hands of the king pinned her down. At last her struggles grew weaker, her kicking less; at last she lay still.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Now that we are twenty-seven, they still feel too hard.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“During this time—six, seven years in which I spent more and more hours in Machaon’s tent and fewer with Achilles in the field—I got to know the other men well.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“My hands feel empty without the garland. I watch King Peleus embrace his son. I see the boy toss the garland in the air and catch it again. He is laughing, and his face is bright with victory.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles