Ariadne's Quotes

#1. Whoever has the desire to pursue philosophy correctly should look to Nature's Archetype in every matter, so that by taking up Ariadne's thread in her intricate labyrinth he may keep himself safe and secure from wrong turns and deviant paths.

Athanasius Kircher

#2. Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.

Lloyd Alexander

#3. With words we begin to leave traces behind us like breadcrumbs: memories in symbols for others to follow. Ants deploy their pheromones, trails of chemical information; Theseus unwound Ariadne's thread. Now people leave paper trails.

James Gleick

#4. plot is not the story, but an Ariadne's thread you follow through a labyrinth of scenes.

David Morley

#5. We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.

George William Russell

#6. It will be easy for us once we receive the ball of yarn from Ariadne (love) and then go through all the mazes of the labyrinth (life) and kill the monster. But how many are there who plunge
into life (the labyrinth) without taking that precaution?

Soren Kierkegaard

#7. I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"

Donald Sinden

#8. Dear Alec, As your best friend and parabatai, I am offended not to have been asked to be your best man at the wedding. Et tu, Brutus. -Jace Alec , he really is upset. He hasn't washed his hair in three days. -Clary

Cassandra Clare

#9. There you are, Ariadne," said Robin. "The whole plot of your next novel presented to you. All you'll have to do is work in a few false clues, and - of course - do the actual writing.

Agatha Christie

#10. So. Ever get the urge to drown anyone?' Ariadne asked.
'No!' Andy replied, horrified.
'Shes just messing with you,' Helen assured her. Her face dropped. 'Seriously, though. What's your stance on strangling?'
'You mean apart from wanting to strangle both of you right now?

Josephine Angelini

#11. Derek (Jeter) told me the ghosts would show up eventually!

Aaron Boone

#12. He is greater than you will ever be. Not because of rank. It's not a man's rank that makes him a man. It's how he treats others. You will never be remembered.

Victoria Escobar

#13. Nature has placed nothing so high that virtue can not reach it.
[Lat., Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus

#14. Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

Diana Wynne Jones

#15. Science is not wisdom.

Fulton J. Sheen

#16. The sense of all stylistic change is that the underlying view of the world changes.

Nancy Pearcey

#17. O great Ariadne who pour out your tears
On the shore, as you see, out there on the waves,
The sail of Theseus flying white under the sun,
O sweet virgin child whom a night has broken,
Be silent!
-Sun and Flesh (Credo in Unam)

Arthur Rimbaud

#18. Death was never the option. Death was the consequence.

Ariadne.

#19. Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.

Amanda De Cadenet

#20. I've been foolish." (Hester)
"I hope you at least had a grand time being foolish." (Ariadne)

Grace Burrowes

#21. The labyrinthine man never seeks the truth but always and only his Ariadne.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#22. A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#23. Ariadne in the labyrinth. The most alive of worlds, human beings with the tenderest flesh, are made of marble. I strew devastation as I pass. I wander dead-eyed through cities and petrified populations.

Jean Genet

#24. You see? You're not paying close enough attention. Theseus fought for his life," He shook his head. "But the minotaur, he fought for Ariadne.

Sarah MacLean

#25. So, Ariadne was the babe with the ball of twine and the plan.

Claire Cross

#26. ARTHUR: What happened?
ARIADNE: Cobb stayed.
ARTHUR: With Mal?
ARIADNE: No. To find Saito.
Arthur looks out at the water below the bridge.
ARTHUR: He'll be lost...
ARIADNE: No. He'll be alright.

Christopher J. Nolan

#27. She became his Ariadne, leading him through the labyrinth of books, stopping now and then to pass another one to him.

Donna Leon

#28. The morning sun was shone over the bronze blade. There were no more traces of blood left. "Would you believe it Ariadne?" said Theseus "The Minotaur almost didn't defended himself.

Jorge Luis Borges

#29. After a murmur of general assent, Ariadne spoke up. "And oh my God, I have to pump my boobs. You guys, you don't even know. It's like having blue balls strapped to your chest!" After a horrified silence, the men practically ran screaming from the building.

Amy Lane

#30. It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#31. Ariadne made an impression on you, and that's great. But life is not literature. Sooner or later, the spell wears off, the romantic feelings disappear, and you're left watching somebody's body disintegrate. You start with a love story, you end up manacled to an hourglass, watching the sands run out.

Paul Murray