Troy Quotes

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]

Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we’re gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?[first lines, voiceover]

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]

If they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, breaker of horses. Let them say, I lived in the time of Achilles.[last lines, voiceover]

I’ve killed men, and I’ve heard them dying. And I’ve watched them dying. And there’s nothing glorious about it. Nothing poetic. You say you want to die for love, but you know nothing about dying. And you know nothing about love![to Paris]

I’ve fought many wars in my time. Some were fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.

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]

I taught you how to fight, but I never taught you why to fight.[Achilles]I fight for you.[Patroclus]Who will you fight for when I’m gone? Soldiers, they fight for kings they’ve never even met. They do what they’re told, they die when they’re told to die.[Achilles]Soldiers obey.[Patroclus]Don’t waste your life following some fool’s orders.[Achilles]

Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we’ll have our war.[Achilles]You speak of war as if it’s a game. But how many wives wait at Troy’s gates for husbands they’ll never see again?[Hector]Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he’s good at charming other men’s wives.[Achilles]