"The Song of Achilles" Quotes

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.

I could not care less for the immortal gods, but I love him.

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

There are no bargains between lions and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.

We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.

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

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.

He was half of my soul, as the poets say.

We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake, holding him, and how many times I had thought of a new way to say it.

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth.