"Say not a word in death's favor; I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king of kings among the dead." -Achilles"

"I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another"

"Have patience, heart."

"Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals."

"A small rock holds back a great wave."

"It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be."

"Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be more lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

"I have no interest at all in food and drink, but only in slaughter and blood and the agonized groans of mangled men"

"The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others."

"Is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness?"

"Down from his brow she ran his curls like thick hyacinth clusters full of "blooms""

"Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other."

"By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember"

"He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings."

"Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

"Tell me, O muse, of travellers far and wide"

"You, you insolent brazen bitch—you really dare to shake that monstrous spear in Father’s face?"

"The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us."

"Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms."

"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured."

"…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives."

"Aries in his many fits knows no favorites."

"Too many kings can ruin an army"

"Choose well."