song of achilles — madeline miller sentence starters
change tenses/pronouns as needed !! some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying
tw : death , murder
‘I have never seen anyone fight the way you do.’
‘there is no one like you.’
‘guess what I’m thinking about.’
‘I can’t imagine it. no one has ever tried to take something from me.’
‘you will be dead soon enough.’
‘do you want to be a god?’
‘i’m sick of talking about her.’
‘you answer a different question than the one I asked.’
‘I do not like to be deceived.’
‘I do not know if I am worthy.’
‘(name) sees many faults, some that are and some that are not.’
‘she will not be pleased, but I have weathered the anger of gods before.’
‘do not let what you gained this day to be so easily lost.’
‘perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.’
‘now I know how to make you follow me everywhere.’
‘I did not think that we would ever—-’
‘name one hero who was happy.’
‘they never let you be famous and happy.’
‘you do not give things up so easily now as you once did.’
‘if you have to go, you know that I will go with you.’
‘you will keep your peace or I will keep it for you.’
‘please, wait. please, let me explain. I did not want to do it.’
‘you did it for nothing.’
‘forgive me. I did not want it. It was not you.’
‘there is nothing to forgive.’
‘it will be better if you go quietly.’
‘you were jealous. you should be.’
‘you know, it’s funny; I keep thinking I’ve seen you before.’
‘useless information is my curse, I’m afraid.’
‘unfortunately I did just that, though I appreciate your faith in me.’
‘you were clever is hiding yourself; we had to be cleverer still in finding you.’
‘you are a fool not to see it.’
‘the ____ are known for their skill in battle, and their deaths will lift your name to the stars.’
‘the gods have seen for to share with me a prophecy about you.’
‘when he dies, people will say, who?’
‘If you go to ___ (place) you will never return.’
‘do not ask me to choose.’
‘I would not care. it would not matter to me. we would be together.’
‘you are a fool. your halfwit death will not save him.’
‘how much longer will he live?’
‘why should I kill him? he’s done nothing to me.’
‘I wish you had never come.’
‘I’ve heard you prefer to share. rooms and bedrolls both, they say.’
‘true is what men believe, and they believe this of you.’
‘your honor could be darkened by it.’
‘I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.’
‘there is nothing he can do. it would only bring him grief.’
‘I was close enough. I could have saved her.’
‘her death is on your head.’
‘you are angry, and not without reason. but why did you come to me?’
‘if you are truly his friend, you will help him leave this soft heart behind.’
‘he is a weapon, a killer. do not forget it.’
‘you can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.’
‘if you hear nothing else I say, hear that. I do not say it in malice.’
‘my father told me once to think of them like animals. the men I kill.’
‘I have no need to forgive you. you cannot offend me.’
‘there are many ways to start a war.’
‘this is what I was born for.’
‘you feel misled; you were promised victory.’
‘I am here because I believe that we will win. I am staying until the end.’
‘the gods have chosen sides, and you must not draw their anger.’
‘he is not worthy of you. he had never been.’
‘do you not ever want children?’
‘I don’t think I would be much of a parent.’
‘what is your army without me?’
‘I am not the one who should kneel.’
‘you will come crying for mercy, but I will give none.’
‘if one of them is stalking you, you must give it something it wants more than you.’
‘who will rule if you fall?’
‘you betray him by warning me.’
‘you know if he had done it, I could have killed him.’
‘her safety for my honor. are you happy with your trade?’
‘there is no honor in betraying your friends.’
‘it is strange that you would speak against betrayal.’
‘you chose her. over me.’
‘my life is my reputation. it is all I have.’
‘I will not live much longer. memory is all I can hope for.’
‘I would have the memory be worthy of the man. I would have you be yourself, not some tyrant remembered for his cruelty.’
‘no fame is worth what you did today.’
‘you are a better man than I.’
‘you left yourself today. and now you have returned.’
‘do not say that until you have heard the rest of what I have done.’
‘no man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.’
‘truly it is unfortunate that one so young has so much pride.’
‘you were given a choice and you chose. you must live by it now.’
‘you have made a fair run of blocking fate’s path. but you cannot do it forever.’
‘whatever you do, I will stand with you, as I always have.’
‘he only threatens. he likes to see me afraid.’
‘there is no one that they fear more, or hate more.’
‘if he is dead, I will not be far behind.’
‘I would not leave you, if you wished to come.’
‘they should hate (name). it is his pride that kills them.’
‘you cannot go out again. you have lost too much blood.’
‘you must forget him. it is as you says; he will doom himself.’
‘they have made their choice. I shed no tears for them.’
‘they we’re foolish, yes, but they are still our people!’
‘you are destroying yourself.’
‘you are destroying yourself. you will not be loved for this, you will be hated, and cursed.’
‘I know what I am asking of you. but I ask it. for me.’
‘I wish he had let you all die.’
‘do you think you are the only one who loved him?’
‘kill me. it will not bring him back.’
‘he was worth ten of you. ten! and you sent him to his death!’
‘I hope that (name) kills you.’
‘there are no bargains between lions and men.’
‘I will not be able to protect you from him.’
‘he is dead. can your power bring him back?’
‘he is a mortal. and mortals die.’
‘I am done. there is no more I can do to save you.’
‘I am glad that he is dead.’
‘in grief, men must help each other, though they are enemies,’
‘it is right to seek peace for the dead. you and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.’
‘i’m afraid I have been prompted by a rare stirring of guilt.’
‘I am only an honest man, who likes to see right done.’
‘fame is a strange thing. some men gain glory after they die, while others fade.’
‘we cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory.’
‘who knows! perhaps one day even I will be famous. perhaps more famous than you.’
‘we are men only, a brief flare of the torch. those to come may raise us or lower us as they please.’
‘I have done my best. let it be remember I tried.’
‘go. he is waiting for you.’
