I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.

All part of my tragic-ass back story.

You could do no more. And that is enough. So please, hold your heads high.

You can lie down for people to walk on you and they will still complain that you're not flat enough.

No, the fact is, I’m nothing like them, and maybe I never will be, but I’ll be damned if I don’t try.

Nobody likes to change. There will always be resistance to change. And the quicker you get to that, the easier it is. It's not such a difficult thing. If you entrench yourself and go, 'by God, I will not change. I will not have this.' then you're a dead man. We're great at adaptability.

You know how you want to just go and stand in a corner sometimes? Gregg's my corner.

I’ve sins aplenty, aye, but regrets? Not so much.

We are the stories we tell ourselves. The brave hero, the tortured soul, the altruist, the pragmatist. They will tell you who they see, but you and you alone know who you are.

"That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. "Most beloved."

As long as you live, you can always rebuild. It’s never too late.

Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously. But I am much more preoccupied with loving.

Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness?

When the world falls down around you, and hope is lost, when you find yourself alone, amid a lightless place, look to the distance. Know that I am there, and that I watch over you always.

Violence for violence is the rule of beasts.

The people you call bad guys might be doing what they think is right, too. Ever think of that?

"You only live once?" No, you only die once, you live every day.

Purity is a construct meant to shame you. You need not be clean to be good, and damn the hands that tried to dirty you.

We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.

I would remain with you all. 'Til the very end.

A lover doesn’t discourage your growth. A lover says, "I see who you are today, I cannot wait to see who you become tomorrow."

"Forgive me. I vowed to only cry where prying eyes cannot see the tears in mine." "Yet others need not hide their grief. Is she so different from them?" "No... She is no different at all. She wants exactly what they do: to be with the one she loves."

Violence for violence is the rule of beasts.

"To change the world, one needs something far more important than callousness." "What is that?" "Love. The only one who can change the world... Is the one who never abandons love, no matter how painful things become, all the way to the end."

A surety rose in me, lodged in my throat. I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.

Seek Salvation by your own hands. Though the losses be grave... Endure them. Though the victories be hollow... Claim them.

But knowing something does not change how one feels about it.

What is better— to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?

Act with wisdom, but act.

Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from."