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1 " Fate always found its mark, one way or another. "
― Janell Rhiannon , Rise of Princes (Homeric Chronicles #2)
2 " Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love. "
3 " Do all in Troy despise me?''That is a strong word, my sweet.'The young Queen of Sparta pulled away from her lover's arms. 'It is true then. I have exchanged one prison for another.'Paris gently brushed her cheek with his hand. 'If that is true, we are the most fortunate of prisoners. For we have each other and our love. "
4 " Helen looked up at Paris, her face wet with tears and blotchy with grief, and nodded her consent. 'Together we are chained on rocks before the beast of Poseidon. Naked and bare and helpless.''But we are more fortunate.''How so?' Helen asked.'We have each other as comfort in our misery. "
5 " He must lay siege against Briseis' walls and conquer her. Love would be his sword and he would break all her chains. "
6 " Understand, I did not conquer my wife. I won her over. There is a difference. "
7 " You must speak to her heart, then. But first, you must open yours, then hers will follow. "
8 " Thetis knew this woman had conquered the unconquerable, without knowing she had done so. "
9 " If you truly hope to win her over, be as honest with yourself as with her. "
10 " I would not trade one day of our life for all the gold in the citadel. "
11 " I could not burn your mortality from your body, so live before your days are gone and regret fills your heart. "
12 " She must be strong enough to hold the memory of her husband, to sing his song in her heart until she joined him in the Underworld. "
13 " Briseis blinked, shaking her head in disbelief. 'You have taken everything from me. My husband. My brothers. My father. You have given me no word of my mother. There is nowhere else for me to go.''I expect too much,' he stated.'Their faces fade from my memory,' Briseis said, quietly. 'Without them, I have nothing. "
14 " Precious are the last moments when you do not know they are the last. "
15 " Hektor was the wall around her world that kept life's perils at bay. "
16 " Life is to be tended like these trees and those vines.' He pointed across the field to the vineyard hanging with ripened fruit. 'Be mindful of the words and deeds you plant, for they will root and grow whatever you intend. It can be a blessing or a curse. And prune away the dead and sick from your life, making way for new. "
17 " You are the fire that burns within my heart. There is room for no other. When I die, it will be your Name upon my lips. "