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Nestor is the elderly Greek king of Pylos. The Greek warriors at Troy respect him for his good advice. After Achilles refuses to fight for the Greeks any longer, Nestor persuades Achilles’s beloved friend Patroclus to convince Achilles to let Patroclus go into battle wearing Achilles’s armor. This act of persuasion leads to Patroclus’s death and Achilles’s return to the battlefield.
Nestor Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Nestor or refer to Nestor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 15
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“None of that gives him the right to take another man’s prize of honour. It doesn’t belong to him; he hasn’t earnt it.”
There was a lot more, but I’d stopped listening. Honour, courage, loyalty, reputation—all those big words being bandied about—but for me there was only one word, one very small word: it.
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Chapter 21
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I heard Odysseus talking as I approached, laughing at the idea that Agamemnon hadn’t laid a finger on me. “It’s not his finger I’m worried about,” he sniggered. Then he caught sight of me and snapped, “Where’s your veil?”
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Chapter 25
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“I might just get his knife in my guts.”
Nestor smiled. “Not you.”
“You’re sure about that, are you? I wish I was. But, then, I know what it’s like to kill a friend and spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
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Nestor Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by Nestor or refer to Nestor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 15
Quotes
“None of that gives him the right to take another man’s prize of honour. It doesn’t belong to him; he hasn’t earnt it.”
There was a lot more, but I’d stopped listening. Honour, courage, loyalty, reputation—all those big words being bandied about—but for me there was only one word, one very small word: it.
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Chapter 21
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I heard Odysseus talking as I approached, laughing at the idea that Agamemnon hadn’t laid a finger on me. “It’s not his finger I’m worried about,” he sniggered. Then he caught sight of me and snapped, “Where’s your veil?”
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Chapter 25
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“I might just get his knife in my guts.”
Nestor smiled. “Not you.”
“You’re sure about that, are you? I wish I was. But, then, I know what it’s like to kill a friend and spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
