Phaedra Quotes

Phaedra shook her head. If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm. ~ Melina Marchetta

If you want to keep a secret, never share it. ~ Seneca.

Strange things happen when we stand face to face with our enemy, don't they, Phaedra of Alonso? ~ Melina Marchetta

Sometimes there's no right decision. Just the one you make at the time. ~ Phaedra Patrick

The thing is these days there is too much choice. When I was younger, you were grateful with what you were given. ~ Phaedra Patrick

Who am I? Who am I?"
"You're Jude St. Francis. You are my oldest, dearest friend. You're the son of Harold Stein and Julia Altman. You're the friend of Malcolm Irvine, of Jean-Baptiste Marion, of Richard Goldfarb, of Andy Contractor, of Lucien Voigt, of Citizen van Straaten, of Rhodes Arrowsmith, of Elijah Kozma, of Phaedra de los Santos, of the Henry Youngs. You're a New Yorker. You live in SoHo. You volunteer for an arts organization; you volunteer for a food kitchen. You're a swimmer. You're a baker. You're a cook. You're a reader. You have a beautiful voice, though you never sing anymore. You're an excellent pianist. You're an art collector. You write me lovely messages when I'm away. You're patient. You're generous. You're the best listener I know. You're the smartest person I know, in every way. You're the bravest person I know, in every way. You're a lawyer. You're the chair of the litigation department at Rosen Pritchard and Klein. You love your job; you work hard at it. You're a mathematician. You're a logician. You've tried to teach me, again and again. You were treated horribly. You came out on the other end. You were always you."

"And who are you?"
"I'm Willem Ragnarsson. And I will never let you go. ~ Hanya Yanagihara

All his thoughts were running riot, like rowdy children, and he wanted them to stop and leave him alone. He ~ Phaedra Patrick

They set off and drove up and along Maltsborough road to the sound of AC/DC, played volume level two and a half. ~ Phaedra Patrick

But there are always some people that you keep in your heart, yes? That you never forget." "How ~ Phaedra Patrick

And, like poor Phaedra, we fall in love not with who we want to fall in love with, but with one who moves us, and sometimes it is the last person we should fall in love with. Our involuntary choice is not always the right one, and sometimes it is actually the worst one, hence our suffering. And then, of course, there is the completely different situation of the loving people where, over the years, the love they once felt for each other fades and they can't go on. They feel their love dying, but are unable to bring it back to life. ~ Francois Lelord

There's no such thing as perfection, just two people trying to make the most of their time together. ~ Phaedra Patrick

He was stronger and had more depth than he knew and he liked these new discoveries about himself. ~ Phaedra Patrick

Sometimes you hold onto things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go. ~ Phaedra Patrick

Theseus: What is the crime for which you must pay by death?
Phaedra: My life. ~ Seneca.

There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance. It robbed Phaedra of her breath. ~ Melina Marchetta

Hyacinth took out a bottle of rum, and Phaedra raised her eyebrows, a reflex she'd acquired upon seeing her father and mother under its influence, their eyes and mouths turned wilder, as if a cork at the edges of their personalities had come unscrewed. ~ Naomi Jackson

He was very solemn; she wasn't. Phaedra couldn't stop smiling. ~ Melina Marchetta

He regretted it now. They should have visited new places together, had new experiences when the kids got older. They should have grasped the opportunity to do what they wanted to do and expand their horizons... ~ Phaedra Patrick

Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what she wants, even if it brings about her downfall and his." "And have you learned anything from our literary parallel?" "Not really, I keep thinking that she would do it all over again if there were a chance ... a chance that it could go right. Even if 99 times out of a 100 the story ends badly, it's worth it if only once she gets a happy ending. ~ Cora Carmack

I like to have my tea at the same time each day. I like my newspaper folded in the same way and I take precisely thirty minutes to sit and read."

"Then I am spoiling your routine."

"You are not spoiling it. You are enhancing it. It is good to shake things up. ~ Phaedra Patrick

I only know one word. It means friend. I said it in her ear 'Sora. Sora. Sora.'"
"And who taught you this Charynite word for friend?"
"Phaedra of Alonso did. She said it was the prettiest word in Charyn."
And Lucien ached to hear those words. ~ Melina Marchetta

Oh, you're one of those,' the princess said.
'One of what?'
'One of those who needs to be told their worth over and over by others. Do you know who tells me my worth, Phaedra of Alonso?'
The princess pointed a hard finger at her own chest.
'Me. I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others I'd have lain down and died waiting. ~ Melina Marchetta

She decided that she wasn't going to focus on always trying to please others. She felt determined to take the time to get to know, and love, herself. And she hoped that the warm glow of appreciation she always looked for might actually come from within. ~ Phaedra Patrick

Then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was as if they were dancing. There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance. ~ Melina Marchetta

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity. ~ Eve Best

I think the pinnacle of misfortune is to be forced by chance to want things one should loathe. ~ Seneca.

The basis for the universe is that all thoughts are living things. That all things in being were originally something thought up. ~ Phaedra Weldon

I once used "Astral Travel" in the ad... I'd come up with nothing, other than a few scary people... I really didn't have the heart to tell that one girl that Charles Manson wasn't dead yet, even though she really looked the part, right down to the swastika on her forehead and the beard. ~ Phaedra Weldon

Children are the anchors of a mother's life. - SOPHOCLES, Phaedra, fragment 612 ~ Jodi Picoult

She sometimes felt like the spider in the middle of the family web, trying to hold all the threads together. ~ Phaedra Patrick

Sometimes when you've lived a chapter of your life, you don't want to look back. ~ Phaedra Patrick

By sorting out her wardrobe it felt as if he was saying goodbye to her all over again. He was clearing her out of his life. With ~ Phaedra Patrick

As she read, she felt she was giving this story a new life of its own. It was no longer a reflection of her childhood and whatever happened within the Storm family. It was just a story, to be shared and enjoyed. ~ Phaedra Patrick

There is nothing more defenseless than a naked man. ~ Phaedra Weldon

I learned at that moment as ethereal tears streamed down my face and I opened the trunk to comfort a frightened little girl. There are worse things than losing.

There was always winning. ~ Phaedra Weldon

You're going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra', he said. 'It will make the journey faster.'
'The mule and I have an agreement.'
'The mule and you have similar traits. ~ Melina Marchetta

Time flies on fickle wings ~ Seneca.