Song of Achilles Quotes
Explore a collection of 30 mesmerizing Song of Achilles quotes that capture the essence of love, heroism, and tragedy. Immerse yourself in the profound words from this acclaimed novel and discover the timeless beauty within each quote.
44 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE QUOTES AND SAYINGS: SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER WITH HEARTFELT FESTIVE GREETINGS
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”
“To touch a person’s soul with one’s own fingers—that, Athena, is both power and redemption.”
“I am made of memories.”
“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
“In the darkness I would whisper: Achilles.”
“Achilles, their greatest warrior, slaughtered every Trojan who crossed his path. He killed men. He killed boys. He killed those who had no weapon. He killed those who had already surrendered.”
“He is a marvel, framed in gold.”
“I am not afraid of you, and I am not ashamed of you.”
“We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake in this room loving him in silence.”
“I will go down like my father, shouting my name at the sky.”
“He looked like a god. Like the god of the beautiful death.”
“I could not believe that a man would marry the stories I have made.”
“He is like a star, burning brightly, and I am like the moth drawn to the flame.”
“In the sunlight, his hair is like spun gold.”
“But when he turns to me, it’s like being seen after a blindness. It’s like being found.”
“I could not have been a hero. Heroes do not run away.”
“Name one hero who was happy.”
“There are no bargains between lions and men.”
“I have done it. I have not done it. One more word, and I will do it.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“If I am to live with only half my heart, then I must learn to live with the hole as well.”
“He grinned and kissed me again. ‘All of him, Briseis. Not just the parts you like.'”
“I did not recognize him, then, but I did not yet know what it was to be blinded by a beauty so fierce it becomes a kind of madness.”
“I could no more bear his absence than I could bear my own.”
“But we were the gods’ offerings, golden and perfect. And none of it had any power to save us.”
“We were not looking for each other, so we found each other all the more.”
“The silence of him, the emptiness without him.”
