You’re still my enemy in the morning.[Achilles]You’re still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect.[Priam]
You gave me peace in a lifetime of war.[to Briseis]
You are free. If I hurt you, it’s not what I wanted.[to Briseis]
Why did you choose this life?[Briseis]What life?[Achilles]To be a great warrior.[Briseis]I chose nothing. I was born, and this is what I am.[Achilles]
Who are you?[Achilles]I have endured what no one on earth has endured before. I kissed the hands of the man who killed my son.[Priam]
We men are wretched things.
The Thessalonian you’re fighting, he’s the biggest man I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t want to fight him.[Messenger Boy]That’s why no one will remember your name.[Achilles]
Play your tricks on me, but not my cousin.[Achilles]You have your sword. I have my tricks. We play with the toys the gods give us.[Odysseus]
Of all the kings of Greece, I respect you the most. But in this war, you’re a servant.[Achilles]Sometimes you have to serve in order to lead. I hope you understand that one day.[Odysseus]
Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn’t that be a sight.[Achilles][goes to fight Boagrius]Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most.[Agamemnon]
If you sailed any slower, the war would be over.[Achilles]I’ll miss the start as long as I’m here at the end.[Odysseus]
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’s more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.[to Briseis]
