“The only difference between Zeus’s thunderbolt and Achilles’ heel is the perspective of the person telling the story.” — Joshua Moore Copy Share Image
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
“I fear that he might be my Achilles’ heel. My Romeo to Juliet, my Jack to Rose, my Noah to Allie.” — Anke van Zweel Copy Share Image
“Those seconds, half seconds, that the line of our gaze connected, were the only moment in my day that I felt anything… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“I’m on his death list, too.” “Then why are you still alive?” asked Peter. “Because, contrary to widespread belief, Achilles is not… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't understand what the big deal with Achilles is. Diomedes is the one running around murdering everybody.” — Davin on the Iliad Copy Share Image
“I could not make him a god,' she says. Her jagged voice, rich with grief. But you made him.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
In making Achilles and Patroclus lovers, I wasn't trying to speak for all gay men, just as when I write straight characters,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Avoid greed and fear. These are the investor's Achilles heels. Keeping all your money in the bank earning 3% interest is just… — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
“But then he was awake, his lips forming a half-sleepy greeting, and his hand was already reaching for mine. We lay there,… — Madeline Miller 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
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
“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
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
“HECUBA: I had a knife in my skirt, Achilles. When Talthybius bent over me, I could have killed him. I wanted to.… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
Percy Jackson," Hermes said, "because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
“Briseis is kneeling by my body. She has brought water and cloth, and washes the blood and dirt from my skin. Her… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could… — Caroline Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
“He stands apart with Patroclus, his beloved through all eternity, and Patroclus - who loves Achilles but not as much as he… — Elizabeth Cook Copy Share Image
Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our… — Judy Biggert Copy Share Image
“Homer never wondered whether, after their many hand-to-hand struggles, Achilles or Ajax still had all their teeth.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Fear, O Achilles, the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion upon me, who am the more pitiable — Homer Copy Share Image
“In his tent, Achilles grieved with his whole being and the gods saw he was a man already dead, a victim of… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
I moved into midfield because I ruptured my Achilles tendon and couldn't run anymore - it's not what I wanted to do,… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
Mr. Peabody is so exceptional in so many things, but he's got to have an Achilles' heel... he can't be perfect. — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Maybe we’re assigning Achilles supernatural powers,” said Petra. “He isn’t a god. Not even a hero. Just a sick kid.” “No,” said… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
“My lord, it is Patroclus, he is dead, his armour taken.. Hector is to blame.' There was a chilling silence, then a… — Byrne Fone Copy Share Image
But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway?… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The fact that Achilles is the one to take the initiative (in the Chryse affair) is in itself significant: he feels responsiblity… — Cedric H Whitman Copy Share Image
“What mostly happens in the Iliad is that Achilles has a hissy fit because Agamemnon has stolen a slave girl of his,… — Caroline Taggart Copy Share Image
Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
