Troy (2004)
Sean Bean: Odysseus
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Odysseus : [voiceover] If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.
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Odysseus : [to Achilles] War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics.
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[first lines]
Odysseus : [voiceover] Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?
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Odysseus : [Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.
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Patroclus : Prince Hector, is he as good a warrior as they say?
Odysseus : The best of all the Trojans. Some would say...
[sidelong glance at Achilles]
Odysseus : ...he's better than all the Greeks.
[Achilles snorts]
Odysseus : Even if your cousin doesn't come, I hope you'll join us, Patroclus. We could use a strong arm like yours.
Achilles : Play your tricks on me. But not on my cousin.
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Odysseus : Then fight for me. My wife will feel much better knowing you're riding beside me. I'll feel much better.
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Odysseus : It's no insult to say a dead man is dead.
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Odysseus : This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fight in it.
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Odysseus : The men believe we came here for Menelaus' wife, he won't be needing her anymore.