ARIADNE & DIONYSUS Quotes

“That would be a good conductor. You asked what makes a successful conductor…”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“He’d be grateful for this career, because it would mean he gets to keep his soul.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Through an armoire’s mirrored doors, she saw the ghoul transforming back into a tired, unwell man.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“If you are this unhappy as a world class musician, do us all a favor and quit! Instead of dragging your smug, unappreciative ass to the symphony halls of the world, soiling them with your banality.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“The orchestra pit door’s large shadow opened its black mouth and swallowed them whole.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“She stared blankly at the bars jailing Mozart’s melodies.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“When an event—let alone an organization—is mainly based on one man’s fame and name, then that man holds all the cards, warned Antoine Thomas ( Ariadne & Dionysus)”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“One last, lonely knell lingered in the air for a while—then perished in the downpour. It was Christmas.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Oily black-gray tufts eddied and stuck on the quivering poinsettia leaves, now frost-nipped and withered.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Suddenly, the piano went silent. It was a disquieting moment. Ari felt like a zookeeper locked in a cage with a wolf.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“So massive were these music sheets, they spread over the entire table’s surface and hung off its edges like the disposable paper tablecloths used in Greek seaside taverns.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Youth over experience. Sex appeal over skill. Style over good taste. They want to see energy, energy, energy—overcompensating for the complete lack of substance," said Elijah Harris.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Will you stop us, Ari? All of us?” He smiled very amused. “How will you accomplish that?” She cast a victorious glance on his face and raised her glass.
“One bitch at a time.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“When there is no way out, the only way to escape is inward.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Underneath all the commotion, concealed from the platform where the action happens, hidden from the audience’s plain sight, Ari and Carl stepped into the theater’s womb—the orchestra pit.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“He smirked awkwardly. “Go easy on me, now… I’m not accustomed to that many compliments from you,” he said. Sharon cupped his shabby-chic beard with her soft hands.
“Last one, I promise,” she said.
“Let’s get this over with.”
“Carl, you are not your father.”
( Ariadne & Dionysus)”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Perhaps this self-punishing agony, this life-long obsession, perhaps that’s the price some great artists have to pay to be that great; it’s not just talent, anyone can have talent.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“All things leveled under the snow, including time.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Floating on a frothing sea of lies, Carl sat deep in his chair as if it were the lifeboat of his shipwrecked reality.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“To dispose of your essence,
It’s self-mutilation.
It’s self-abuse.
Music is not what we do. It’s who we are. Never forget that.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Magic and music; music and magic. As a wise man once said, they’re only two letters apart.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“The door closed. It reopened seconds later, again ever so slightly, keeping in the dark most of Rosa’s face and Rosa’s body, and Rosa’s Rosa. (Ariadne & Dionysus)”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Her skin was covered in nature’s brightly printed fabric, the forest’s pulse synchronized with hers. It entered her every pore. This wasn’t a walk in the woods; it was a transfusion.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Sexism is a crime against women,” he announced... But Ari knew it was worse than that, for sexism is a crime against reason. And how do you argue with the unreasonable?”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“A vocation-amputee can still sense the presence of the missing dream.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“His love was audible, tactile, visible; fluorescent. His words carried a supreme, deliciously frightening power—there was magic inside their nucleus. (...) It was the first love—young love, ecstatic love—with a mind of its own, a beating heart of its own. A living, breathing, pulsating, all-consuming beast of a love.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS