Who said "I have always been second, and I have never minded."?

This quote is attributed to Patroclus.

I have always been second, and I have never minded. - Patroclus

"I have always been second, and I have never minded."

Patroclus

Character in The Song of Achilles

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"paraphrased idea about devotion to Achilles"

"I am made of memories."

"I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way the air moved around him."

"I have never known the world where I was not waiting for him."