Aditya Jhalani

“We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Achilles makes a sound like choking. “There are no bargains between lions and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.” His spearpoint flies in a dark whirlwind, bright as the evening-star, to catch the hollow at Hector’s throat.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“They leaned towards him, like flowers to the sun, drinking in his luster. It was as Odysseus had said: he had light enough to make heroes of them all.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“We had made a fetish out of our misfortune, fallen in love with it.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House