The Song of Achilles

Book · 4 characters · 91 quotes · 2011

Quotes from The Song of Achilles

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"I learned to live with the unbearable."
Patroclus Perseverance
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"His hand in mine was home."
Patroclus Love
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"We are more than the sum of what the world expects."
Patroclus
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"I have seen what pride costs."
Achilles Wisdom
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"I will not let them take this from us."
Patroclus Perseverance
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"I am no longer afraid of death."
Achilles Courage
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"The world will forget us, but we will remember each other."
Patroclus
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"I chose you. I will always choose you."
Patroclus Love
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"There is no honor in this war."
Achilles Truth
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"A man is not made by his strength alone."
Patroclus Wisdom
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"I would trade it all for one more day."
Achilles Love
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"I am done running. I am done hiding."
Achilles Courage
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"I learned to read death in his eyes."
Patroclus Death
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"He was my person, above all things."
Patroclus Friendship
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"I would rather be a mortal human than an immortal coward."
Achilles Courage
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"The war will end, and you will still be you."
Patroclus
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"Love is a poison and I took it willingly."
Patroclus Love
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"There is a reason that the gods chose you."
Thetis
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"I am tired of being afraid."
Achilles Courage
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"I have lost everything but I have still kept this."
Patroclus Hope
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"You are the meaning of my life now."
Achilles Relationships
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"The world breaks everyone, and some are strong in the broken places."
Patroclus Strength
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"I have learned to be alone."
Achilles Solitude
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"I have never been worried about anything as much as I am about this."
Patroclus Fear
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"We are only human. We rage and we ache and sometimes we crack."
Patroclus Perseverance
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"I would die for you. But I won't live for you."
Achilles Love
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"He does not come back to himself. He is mended but not whole."
Patroclus Death
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"You make a better Achilles than I do."
Achilles Leadership
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"I am afraid of this thing that I am."
Achilles Fear
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"There are no bargains between lion and men."
Achilles Power