Quotes Tagged With :patroclus

Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.

Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.

We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory.

That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.

Indeed, he seemed utterly unaware of his effect on the boys around him.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and....

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight.

Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.

Never on me let such wrath lay hold, as the wrath you cherish, you whose valor causes harm!

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so....