"And overpowered by memory both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely for man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching before Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself, now for his father, now for Patro…"

"Because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything."

"Even a fool learns something once it hits him."

"Odysseus grabbed her throat with his right hand and told her he 'will not spare [her] when [he] kill[s] the rest, / the other slave women, although [she was] / [his] nurse'."

"The gods plant reason in the hearts of men."