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An Oresteia QUOTES

An Oresteia QUOTES

1 " We are slaves to the gods. Whatever gods are. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

2 " Yet again, isn’t there something terrible in randomness—the idea that at the very bottom of its calculations, real depravity has no master plan of any kind, it’s just a dreamy whim that slides out of people when they are trapped or bored or too lazy to analyze their own mania. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

3 " Sophokles is a playwright fascinated in general by people who say no, people who resist compromise, people who make stumbling blocks of themselves, like Antigone or Ajax. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

4 " You have used me strangely. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

5 " Here he lies like something melting away. His mother’s blood comes quaking howling brassing bawling blacking down his mad little veins. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

6 " Look at him, look how he drips unhealth—shudder object! "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

7 " I am a restrained person.
Otherwise my heart would race past my
tongue to pour out everything.
Instead I mumble,
I gnaw myself.
I lose hope.
And my mind is burning. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia

8 " But whenever I take to my restless dreamless dewdrenched bed
I cannot close my eyes – fear stands over me instead of sleep.
And whenever I think to sing or hum a tune to stay awake
then my tears fall.
This house is in trouble.
The good days are gone.
How I pray for a change! A happy change! A light in darkness. "

― Anne Carson , An Oresteia