#quote from the song of achilles

[brainrotcharacters]

The one where Wade and Logan remind me of Achilles and Patroclus

Because what the fuck do you mean "Do I know you, bub?" Bitch I'm going to spay you

You would recognize him by touch alone. By smell.

You would know him blind by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth.

You would know him in death at the end of the world.

[54625]

"Have you no more memories?"

I am made of memories.

"Speak, then."

[justmiraculousconspiracies]

Odysseus: Bad news, someone ran over Agamemnon!

Achilles: I thought you said that it was bad news

Agamemnon *on the ground with some broken bones*: I hate you

[pxrty-crxsher]

"I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world."

-Patroclus

Art by: alex_loga_02

[xx0yeet-everything0xx]

patroclus: *through gritted teeth* everyday i wake up and i choose to be kind. *barely restraining himself from violence* i choose to be helpful and understanding. *tamping down the vicious bloodlust inside* i am consciously choosing to be a nice person, and choosing to love

[adsosfraser]

I would recognize you in total darkness: in different bodies, in different times

Claire wakes up in the hospital with no memory of who she or anyone is. But she is not alone.

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[incorrectthesongofachillesquotes]

Achilles: Change is inedible.

Patroclus: Don't you mean inevitable?

Achilles, spitting out coins: No, I did not.

[xiuminscheeks]

I could recognize her by touch alone

[meditando-en-paris]

Briseis: Life in the camp is not bad. Now I live with a dangerous murderer and Achilles.

Chryseis: Aren't those two the same person? Aren't you describing only Achilles?

Briseis: You obviously don't know Patroclus.

[thalassous]

WHERE IS YOUR KID SIDE

WHERE IS YOUR JOYFULNESS

WHERE IS YOUR EMPATHY

— fast asleep.

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun

[ineedtheraphy]

How I imagine Pyrrhus and Achilles Met in the Underworld would be like:

*Que Awkward silence in the air*

Pyrrhus: ....*stares*

Achilles: *does the same*....

Pyrrhus: Fath-

Achilles: *slaps the child* ....oops- sorry my hands slipped:)

[vampesque-art]

“The yearning for him is like hunger, hollowing me. Somewhere his soul waits, but it is nowhere I can reach.”

[hiroyildiz]

I recently finished 'Song of Achilles' and these are some of my favourite quotes:

1-"And perhaps it is the greater, after all, to be left on earth, when another is gone. Do you think?"

-Chiron

2-"I will tell you a secret." "I am going to be the first. Swear it." "Because you're the reason. Swear it."

-Achilles

3-"If you have to go, you know I will go with you."

-Achilles

4-...He started to speak but I was too quick for him. One of my hands went to clasp his knees, the other reached upward, to seize his chin with my hand. The pose of supplication. It was a gesture I had seen many times, but had never made myself. I was under his protection now; he was bound to treat me fairly, by the law of the gods.

"Tell me where he is."

-Patroclus

5- 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?

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

7- ...I could not bear it. There was only one thing I could think of. I turned to Achilles and seized the front of his tunic. I kissed him.

When I let go again she was staring at us. Staring and staring.

I gestured to her bonds, and back to the knife. 'All right?'

She hesitated a moment. Then slowly offered her hands.

8- ...It was easy to stay with them long and late, until I heard the creaking of the chariot, and the distant banging of bronze, and returned to greet my Achilles.

9-"So which of the suitors would you have picked?"

I shoved him and he laughed.

-Achilles

10- In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.

[samthechaotic]

I just love how in "Achilles Come Down" there're two voices:

a) A poetic, monotone, calm voice trying slowly to persuade him not to jump and to use his pain as a tool to fight life as an opponent cause the soul is not weightless and some of them worry about him.

b) YA DENSE M*THER F***ER, JUMP NOW!

[thebahwrites]

killshot. (on ao3)

“Name one hero who was happy." "You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward. "I can't." "I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret." "Tell me." I loved it when he was like this. "I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. "I swear it," he echoed.

A Top Gun: Maverick superhero AU. (dark aesthetic for @minhkhoa-khan​)