★—jaymarie—★’s Reviews > The Song of Achilles > Status Update

“now you hang from my lips like the gardens of babylon” is all i can think about when it comes to these two for some reason

”Name one hero who was happy. You can’t.”

“I can’t.”

“I’m going to be the first. Swear it.”

“Why me?”

“Because you’re the reason. Swear it.”

“I swear it.”

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”

twist the knife why don’t ya

“I knew Achilles’ golden skin and the curve of his neck, the crooks of his elbows. I knew how pleasure looked on him. Our bodies cupped each other like hands.”

PATROCHILLES UR KILLING ME HERE OMFGFGFGFG

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”


subtle foreshadowing

how TF did i dnf this the first time around? i actually cant put it down and im supposed to be doing schoolwork help

“He ran at me, pushed me backwards into my cot. Leaned over me. “I’m sick of talking about her,” he said. The heat rose up my neck, wrapped fingers over my face. His hair fell around me, and I could smell nothing nu him. The grain of his lips seemed to rest a hairsbreadth from mine.”

me: no one panic

me: *panics*

“My eyes drifted to Achilles. His fingers were stirring, just barely, in the air. He often did this when he was composing a new song.”

WHY. do i find this tiny little moment so cute. like ajajaosjdvdvckgogdmsmoggmwoadhfufieb

jesus fucking christ

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