and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious
Madeline MillerPeople are people, whatever age they're living in. The circumstances may have changed - we go to war with planes instead of chariots - but experiences of grief, longing, rage and love remain the same.
Madeline MillerThere is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,โ Chiron said. โAnd perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?
Madeline MillerIt was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came. But it was neither of those, buoyant where they were heavy, bright were they dull.
Madeline Miller