← 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! 🔊✎
← He's stronger than us, Antigone. He's the king. 🔊✎
← Maybe it will put things right for me this time too. You're so strong, nurse. 🔊✎
← 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? 🔊✎
← Your arms that are holding me aren't lying? Your strong hands on my back aren't lying to me, and not your smell, and not your warmth, and not that feeling I have when I put my head on your shoulder that I'm here, I'm safe? 🔊✎
← That's all I'm asking. You're right, I won't be able to stay strong forever. 🔊✎
← Yes, I love Haemon. I love a Haemon who's strong and young, a Haemon who's demanding and faithful, like I am. 🔊✎
← She wanted to die. None of us were strong enough to persuade her to live. 🔊✎
← Yes, Haemon. Yes, son. Be strong. Antigone couldn't live. Antigone has already left us. 🔊✎
← Father, it's not true! It's not you, it's not today! We're not both of us in front of that wall where you can only say yes. You are still strong, like you were when I was little. 🔊✎