"I'll tell you a secret: the gods envy us. Because we're mortal. We're doomed. You are never more beautiful than you are today." -- Achilles, Troy
And that is why life is so utterly, frighteningly beautiful. Problem is, very few embrace their mortality. Most of us are helplessly confident about living forever, and forever scared of truly, truly living.
But those who seize the day, who make mistakes that bring about great triumphs, who do foolish things and get their hearts broken and live each emotion...those who know that each day may be their last day on earth, they are not afraid. They know the secret.
And the rest, gods of their own worlds, oh how they envy the descendants of Achilles.
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