Sarah Ruhl Quotes

“There’s a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime — a whole word for just being sad — about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they’re going to die.”
― — Sarah Ruhl, Melancholy Play

“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark together, to be awake.”
― sarah ruhl, 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

“There’s a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime – a whole word for just being sad – about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they’re going to die.”
— Sarah Ruhl”
― Sarah Ruhl