Quotes About Determination

Madeline Miller

I would not go on anymore weaving my cloths by day and unraveling them again at night, making nothing.

I'd like to be a hero, though.

It is mostly will. Will and work.

I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.

I would live on, through each scalding moment to the next.

I feel like I would eat the world raw.

As for the goddess' answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone

Bir kayal???n tepesindeki bir ?ahin gibi harekete haz?r oldu?umu hissediyordum. Pençelerim hala kayay? tutuyordu ama zihnim havalanm??t?.

Odysseus looks at the young man's implacable face. "I have done my best," he says. "Let it be remembered I tried." I remember.

I will go," he said. "I will go to Troy.

His eyes, green as spring leaves, met mine. "Patroclus. I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.

His voice was quiet. "You do not give things up so easily now as you once did," he said.

Perhaps in some other life I could have refused, could have torn my hair and screamed, and made him face his choice alone. But not in this one. He would sail to Troy and I would follow, even into death.

The world around me narrowed to the pounding of my feet, and the next dusty length of road.

Name one hero who was happy. You can't.' He was sitting up now, leaning forward. He lifted an eyebrow. 'I'll tell you a secret. I'm going to be the first.' He took my palm and held it to his. 'Swear it.' 'Why me?' 'Because you're the reason. Swear it.' 'I swear it, I said, lost in the high colour of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. 'I swear it,' he echoed. We sat like that for a moment, hands touching. He grinned, 'I feel like I could eat the world raw.

I will tell them nothing. It is not for them to say what I will do. - Achilles

A moment passed, and I looked at her stained hands on the table before me. "And? Are you going to tell me? How goes your witchery?" She smiled her inward smile. "You were right. It is mostly will. Will and work.

It was enough to watch him win, to see the soles of his feet flashing as they kicked up sand, or the rise and fall of his shoulders as he pulled through the salt. It was enough.

Tu n'es pas défini par tes origines. Ne le laisse pas t'entraîner dans sa chute.

But endurance had always been my virtue, and I kept on.

But there was a line of rallied Greeks behind me screaming my name. His name. I did not stop.

I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it.

hunched against the tearing contraction. I had the willow