The record of one’s life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been written.

I’d like to live every moment of my life, but not a moment after.

My mother used to say, ‘He who angers you, conquers you!’ But my mother was a saint.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature’s gentle nurse.

A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters – and the battle must go on.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

I play the Demon myself -- no puppets involved.

Incest is one of the forms of nastiness in the show. Really, all forms of contemporary evil are there, including violence and exploitation. This is not a cute puppet show for children. Parents might consider bringing kids 16 and up.

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, "Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.

It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.