630 Quotes by Madeline Miller

They did not see me as their dinner. They were pious men, honestly lost, and I would feed them, and if there was a handsome one amongst them, I might take him to my bed. It was not desire, not even its barest scrapings. It was a sort of rage, a knife I used upon myself. I did it to prove my skin was still my own.

He liked the way the obsidian reflected his light, the way its slick surfaces caught fire as he passed. Of course, he did not consider how black it would be when he was gone. My father has never been able to imagine the world without himself in it.

...and we would take pleasure in the simple mending of the world.

Ein goldener Käfig ist und bleibt ein Käfig.

Seit Hunderten von Generationen war ich nun schon auf der Erde - und war doch immer noch ein Kind.

I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer.-Then, child, make another.

I looked into his good face. Not good because it was handsome, but because it was itself...

Lass ihn ein Held sein. Du bist etwas anderes. - Und was soll das sein? -Eine Hexe, antwortete ich. Mit grenzenloser Macht. Die nur sich selbst zur Rechenschaft verpflichtet ist.

Helden sind Dummköpfe, hatte ich entgegnet. Er hatte gelacht. Da sind wir uns einig.