Ariadne Dionysus Quotes

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“Surrounded by this opulence, her reflection in the bedroom mirror was jarring—a single cacophonous chord disrupting an otherwise colorful, harmonious symphonic movement.”
― Elysanthe