The Song of Achilles
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“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
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My mother’s lyre. He had brought it with him.
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our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
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“Greetings, Prince Achilles,” Odysseus said. “We’ve been looking for you.”
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“You’re welcome to bring Patroclus along, if you like. We have business with him, as well.”
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It was easy, in those moments, to forget that the war had not yet really begun.
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nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. “No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”
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Maybe her gods are kinder than ours, and she will find rest. I would give my life again to make it so.
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green eyes laughing into mine.