There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone.' - Sentry.

— Sophocles

Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!

— Gerald Morris

Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.

— Sophocles

It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me.

— Jean Anouilh

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

— Sophocles

Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,Pointing out the way to infamy and shame.' - Creon.

— Sophocles

Hail the sun! The brightest of all that everDawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes!Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's riverRising to speed the flight of the white invaders Homeward in full retreat!' - Chorus.

— Sophocles

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life.

— Sophocles

I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good.' - Creon.

— Sophocles

May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness.' - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles.

— Sophocles