Quotes about Achilles

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When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together. — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free. — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name. — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
I recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, 'To my beloved Hect — George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman
That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved. — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
Peleus acknowledged this. "Yet other boys will be envious that you have chosen such a one. What will you tell them?" "I — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortal's, but your — Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
Who was he if not destined for fame? — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying. — Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him. — Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
The same touchy sense of personal honor that is at the root of Achilles' wrath still governs relations between man and m — Bernard Knox, The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics