← The pale boy over there at the back, who's standing dreaming on his own with his back against the wall is the Messenger. 🔊✎
← It begins at the moment when the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, who were supposed to take turns ruling Thebes one year at a time, fought each other to the death under the walls of the city, because Eteocles, the older one, had at the end of his first year of power refused to give up his place to his brother. 🔊✎
← Nurse stronger than fever, nurse stronger than nightmares, stronger than the shadow of the wardrobe that stares at you from the wall and keeps changing, stronger than the thousand silent insects that keep gnawing away all night long, stronger than the night itself with its mad song you can't hear; nurse, stronger than death. 🔊✎
← You've heard them read the edict at the crossroads, you've seen the posters on all the walls in town? 🔊✎
← 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. 🔊✎
← I dunno. I think someone said they didn't want to soil the city with your blood, so they're gonna wall you up in a hole. 🔊✎