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“Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows?" He smiles. "Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“Afterwards, when Agamemnon would ask him when he would confront the prince of Troy, he would smile his most guileless, maddening smile. “What has Hector ever done to me?”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“There isn't so much love in the world that you can turn it away when it's offered.”
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