"The sea is a cruel mistress."

"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…"

"Clanless, lawless, homeless is he who is in love with civil war, that brutal ferocious thing."

"Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind."

"The strongest is not always the best."