Achilles Quote by Cassandra Clare

“The hero, the villain, or modern tragic character. A modern Achilles who inflicts his own arrow. "The Wings of the Seraph”

— Jeffrey LeBlanc

“I’m on his death list, too.” “Then why are you still alive?” asked Peter. “Because, contrary to widespread belief, Achilles is not a genius…

— Orson Scott Card

There is a coldness to the Clave, it is true. We are dust and shadows. But you are like the heroes of ancient times,…

— Cassandra Clare

“Surely, by all convention, the Iliad will end here, with the triumphant return of its vindicated hero. But the Iliad is not a conventional…

— Caroline Alexander

“What mostly happens in the Iliad is that Achilles has a hissy fit because Agamemnon has stolen a slave girl of his, sulks in…

— Caroline Taggart

“I don't understand what the big deal with Achilles is. Diomedes is the one running around murdering everybody.”

— Davin on the Iliad

He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him.…

— Brandon Mull

While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice…

— Tim O'Reilly

“With him died a story That will not be retold: How, forsaking glory, Achilles grows old While Hector dusts his trophies Behind high walls-…

— R.S. Gwynn

“Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean…

— Orson Scott Card

“Sing, goddess, of Achilles' ruinous anger Which brought ten thousand pains to the Achaeans, And cast the souls of many stalwart heroes To Hades,…

— Homer

The fact that Achilles is the one to take the initiative (in the Chryse affair) is in itself significant: he feels responsiblity and concern…

— Cedric H Whitman