Achilles quotes
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[to Agamemnon] Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight.
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[after slaying Boagrius] Is there no one else? IS THERE NO ONE ELSE?!
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[to Agamemnon] Before my time is done, I will look down on your corpse and smile.
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[to Hector] We will meet again, brother.
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[to Briseis] You are free. If I hurt you, it's not what I wanted. Go, no one will stop you. You have my word.
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[to Briseis] Trojan soldiers died protecting you. Perhaps they deserve more than your pity.
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[to Briseis] You gave me peace in a lifetime of war.
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[to his men] Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are lions! Do you know what's there, waiting beyond those walls? Immortality! Take It! It's Yours!
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[Hector trips on a rock] Get up, Prince of Troy! Get up! I won't let a stone take my glory!
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[to Priam] You're a far better king than the one leading this army.
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[to Hector] There are no pacts between lions and men.
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[to Hector] You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue, you'll wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb. And all the dead shall know; this is Hector, the fool who thought he killed Achilles!
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[to Briseis] I want what all men want. I just want it more.
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[removing his helmet] Now you know who you're fighting!
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[to Briseis] I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful BECAUSE we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again.
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We men are wretched things.
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At night, I see their faces. All the men I've killed. They're standing there on the far bank of the river Styx, waiting for me. They say "Welcome brother."
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[to Briesis] You don't fear me, girl? You're the only Trojan I know who doesn't.
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Greece got along fine before I was born, and Greece will be Greece long after I'm gone.