believe

Our little boy, Haemon! He'd have had a mother who was kind of small and untidy - but stronger than all the real mothers with their big tits and their aprons. You believe me, don't you? 🔊

The pride of Oedipus. You are the pride of Oedipus. Yes, now that I can see it deep in your eyes, I believe you. 🔊

Ah, I'm laughing, Creon, I'm laughing because suddenly I can see you when you were fifteen! Just that same mixture of believing you can do anything and being completely powerless. All life's done is add a few lines on your face and make you fatter. 🔊

But now, it's over. And they are fine all the same. All the people who were going to die are dead. Those who believed one thing, and those who believed the opposite, and even the ones who didn't believe anything and just found themselves caught up in the story without any idea of what was happening. All equally dead, all of them, stiff and useless and starting to rot. 🔊

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