

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles

“What we desire makes us vulnerable.”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles

“There is no shame in making an honest effort.”
― Discourses and Selected Writings
― Discourses and Selected Writings

“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
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