← You useless old thing, yes, you useless old thing, you were supposed to make sure my little one was a good girl. Always shouting, always doing guard dog duty, telling them to wear their woolens so they don't catch cold and whisking eggs so they'd grow up strong, but at four in the morning you're asleep on the job, you useless old thing, you're the one who never needs sleep but you're asleep, and you let her escape, and when you get there her bed is cold! 🔊✎
← Nurse, you know, Grace, my dog... 🔊✎
← Have her put down, sweetie? Kill your dog? But what's got into you this morning! 🔊✎
← Antigone, little sister, we're all here around you, Haemon and nurse and me, and Grace, your dog. We love you and us, we're all alive, and we need you. 🔊✎
← Why do you want me to be quiet? Because you know I'm right? You think I can't see in your eyes that I know that? You know I'm right, but you'll never admit it, because you're clinging on to your happiness like a dog with a bone. 🔊✎
← You all disgust me with your happiness! With your life that you have to love, whatever it costs. Yes, like a dog, like those dogs that lick everything they find. And that little chance that it'll all work out, as long as you don't ask for too much. 🔊✎