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The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying. — Thomas C. Foster

When Achilles is most useful and loyal to you, that is when he has most certainly betrayed you? — Orson Scott Card

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. — Frantz Fanon

Those seconds, half seconds, that the line of our gaze connected, were the only moment in my day that I felt anything at all. — Madeline Miller

Perhaps he simply assumed: a bitterness of habit, of boy after boy trained for music and medicine, and unleashed for murder. — Madeline Miller

At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! — Alexander The Great

I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven' ... it is on that level to me. — Jimmy Page

I have stood upon Achilles' tomb
and heard Troy doubted,
Time will doubt of Rome — George Gordon Byron

Because you made me feel, Flick. Everyone is so predictable, but you? You showed up and rocked my world. — Emma Winters

Enjoy your little run because there's no way you get off this boat without her trying to slice your Achilles in half. — Elle Lothlorien

If I were Achilles I would put my foot in a f**k off block of concrete! — Eddie Izzard

Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes. — Cassandra Clare

Achilles absent was Achilles still! — Homer

I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel. — Lee Westwood

Fear, O Achilles, the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion upon me, who am the more pitiable — Homer

Europe's enduring localism, which had been the weak link in Christendom, became in turn the Achilles heel of the dynastic state. — Mark Greengrass

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel. — James Callis

Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. — Homer

One of my biggest Achilles' heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there's hope for everyone. — Kanye West

Achilles acted as if he had already won, and because the other kids followed him, he had. — Orson Scott Card

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

All interesting heroes have an Achilles' heel. — Jo Nesbo

We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. — Madeline Miller

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

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence. — Sophie Swetchine

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. — Homer

I think: this is what I will miss. I think: I will kill myself rather than miss it. I think: how long do we have? — Madeline Miller

I'll be Odysseus. You be Achilles." "Achilles dies in the end." "Then learn from his mistakes. — Pierce Brown

Later, Achilles pressed close for a final, drowsy whisper. 'If you have to go, you know I will go with you.' We slept. — Madeline Miller

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

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return. — Madeline Miller

Prince Achilles! Aristos Achaion! As — Madeline Miller

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run. — Jason Isaacs

A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them? — Charles Lindbergh

We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence. — Madeline Miller

Greek mythology has always been my Achilles elbow. — Adrian McKinty

Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free. — Madeline Miller

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory . — Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

The arrows of love, like Achilles' sword, carry with them the remedy for the wounds they cause. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

When he speaks at last, his voice is weary, and defeated. He doesn't know how to be angry with me, either. We are like damp wood that won't light. — Madeline Miller

Homer never wondered whether, after their many hand-to-hand struggles, Achilles or Ajax still had all their teeth. — Milan Kundera

Peleus lived to a good age and survived his famous son Achilles, an initiate of the Centaur Horse fraternity, who was killed at the siege of Troy. — Robert Graves

Who was he if not destined for fame? — Madeline Miller

When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together. — Madeline Miller

Achilles only had an Achilles heel. I have an entire Achilles body. — Woody Allen

Books were his Achilles heel. She — Stephen King

This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else it could be but Hector — Madeline Miller

Love, why have you sought the horde
of spearsmen, why the tent
Achilles pitched beside the river-ford? — Hilda Doolittle

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. — Arthur Erickson

I know, but Jesus Kira, even Achilles had a weakness. — Tye Shirelle

As for the goddess's answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone. — Madeline Miller

This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old. — Madeline Miller

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

Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude. — Philip Sidney

We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both. — Madeline Miller

You've injured me, Farshooter, most deadly of the gods;
And I'd punish you, if I had the power. — Homer

Ah, Lyon: the Achilles' heel of this family. She had forgotten about Lyon, and about disappearing Redmonds. — Julie Anne Long

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly. — Tim Berners-Lee

An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again. — Kevin Pietersen

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

Christ on a cracker. You raped Achilles! — P.C. Cast

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

To have Achilles's gratitude was clearly a terminal disease. — Orson Scott Card

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. — Thomas Browne

The craving for recognition is every artist's Achilles heel. — Marty Rubin

Women, mused Achilles. Strange creatures. They make us mad. They make us love and they make us fight. — Tomichan Matheikal

Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him. — Wolfgang Petersen

Of this trinity of classic heroes - Ulysses, Aeneas, and Achilles - Ulysses is the least obnoxious. — William A. Quayle

Achilles' eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. I wish he had let you all die. — Madeline Miller

Oh. THere goes another one. Just like Achilles. — Phil

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today. — Stan Lee

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women. — Toni Morrison

The heel of Achilles — William Strunk Jr.

He did not fear ridicule, he had never known it. — Madeline Miller

If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel. — Gina Greenlee