"And the stranger's modest reply when the king asked him his name:
"Paris." Suppressed laughter from my sisters and brothers: Our new
brother was called "bag," "pouch." Yes, the old shepherd said, named
after the bag in which he had carried the wee infant son of the king and
queen around in the mountains." (Pg. 45)

"And Paris, crushed, smiling a crooked smile, only the shell of his
former self, but more sharp-edged than ever. I was told he would stop at
nothing-not where Greeks were concerned but Trojans; a dangerous man. He
had one disgrace after another to make up for, all his life. He was not
one you could count on." (Pg. 100)

“By Arisbe’s account, shortly before Paris was born Hecuba had dreamed that she was giving birth to a stick of firewood from which countless burning serpents crept forth. Calchas the seer interpreted this to mean: The child whom Hecuba was to bear would set fire to all Troy.” (Pg. 49)

“I, Paris, did not come back in order to keep silent. It is I, Paris, who will fetch the king’s sister back from the enemy. But if they refuse to give her to me, I’ll find another woman, more beautiful than she. Younger. Nobler. Richer. That’s what I have been promised, if you all want to know!” (Pg. 59)

“They say that afterward he let them display him, riding astradle, to the people and the troops, as the conqueror of Achilles. ‘Paris, our hero!’ That could not diminish his self-contempt, which was incurable.” (Pg. 127)