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“Priam's eyes find the other body, mine, lying on the bed. He hesitates a moment. 'That is --- your friend?'
'Philtatos,' Achilles says, sharply. Most beloved. 'Best of men, and slaughtered by your son.”
― The Song of Achilles
'Philtatos,' Achilles says, sharply. Most beloved. 'Best of men, and slaughtered by your son.”
― The Song of Achilles
“And tell me, Perseus Jackson"--I flinched when he said my real name, which I never told anybody--"what will people think of your 'science' two thousand years from now?" Mr. D continued. "Hmm? They will call it primitive mumbo jumbo. That's what. Oh, I love mortals--they have absolutely no sense of perspective. They think they've come so-o-o far.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“I saw then how I had changed. I did not mind anymore that I lost when we raced and I lost when we swam out to the rocks and I lost when we tossed spears or skipped stones. For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty? It was enough to watch him win, to see the soles of his feet flashing as they kicked up sand, or the rise and fall of his shoulders as he pulled through the salt. It was enough.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
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