Famous quotes containing the words oedipus rex and/or oedipus:
“Oedipus Rex shows us Truth the Destroyer.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“To the intelligent, nature converts itself into a vast promise, and will not be rashly explained. Her secret is untold. Many and many an Oedipus arrives: he has the whole mystery teeming in his brain. Alas! the same sorcery has spoiled his skill; no syllable can he shape on his lips.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)