"May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene"

"I will not live by rules like those."

"Think again, Electra. Don't say anymore. Don't you see what you're doing? You make your own pain. Why keep wounding yourself? With so much evil stored up in that cold dark soul of yours you breed enemies everywhere you touch."

"There is no more deadly peril than disobedience;States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins,Armies defeated, victory turned to rout.White simple obedience saves the lives of hundredsOf honest folk." - Creon"

"ELECTRA: Oh but my love—now that you have travelled back down all those years to meet my heart, over all this grief of mine, do not oh love—ORESTES: What are you asking?ELECTRA: Do not turn your face from me. Don't take yourself away."

"Yes I know sorrow. Know it far too well. My life is a tunnel choked by the sweepings of dread."

"Now is no time to delay. This is the edge of action."

"You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering."

"You are a woman marked for sorrow."

"OD: σὺ οὔτε φωνεῖς οὔτε δρασείεις σοφά.NE: ἀλλ‘ εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε."