“That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Now you know who your fighting Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles. — Kevin McCarty Copy Share Image
“Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“Achilles acted as if he had already won, and because the other kids followed him, he had.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“When Achilles is most useful and loyal to you, that is when he has most certainly betrayed you”?” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“One morning, I woke to find Chiron gone. This was not unusual. He often rose before we did, to milk the goats… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory . — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
“This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly. — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
It's all about how bad you want to come back. (The Achilles' is) not tight anymore. I'm like a wild dog about… — Takeo Spikes Copy Share Image
One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego,… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Priam's eyes find the other body, mine, lying on the bed. He hesitates a moment. 'That is --- your friend?' 'Philtatos,' Achilles… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
There is a coldness to the Clave, it is true. We are dust and shadows. But you are like the heroes of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think they went with the idea that people know the story pretty much- knowing that he's going to take her when… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked… — Jayson Williams Copy Share Image
Odysseus sees reality as the situation or problem before him; Achilles sees it as something in himself, and the problem is to… — Cedric H Whitman Copy Share Image
Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more… — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but… — David Bazan Copy Share Image
“Look north. Achilles on the rampart by the ditch: He lifts his face to 90; draws his breath; And from the bottom… — Christopher Logue Copy Share Image
When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“warrior hero such as Ajax, Hector or Achilles must be willing to fight in hand-to-hand combat day after day. He must be… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“But you see, Crumb, it is hard to give up what you have worked at since you were a boy. There were… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“I recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, 'To… — George MacDonald Fraser Copy Share Image
The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
“I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, grinning as the figs blur in his hands. His green eyes laughing into mine. Catch,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
All the Greek mythic heroes had gone east, but they were myths. Achilles was a myth. Perseus, Theseus, Hercules... they probably existed… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Obviously you don't want to mess with an Achilles. That is for sure. — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image