Quintessence Played

Famous quotes containing the words quintessence and/or played:

“Yet to me what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me—nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Our home has been nothing but a play-room. I’ve been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa’s doll-child. And the children have been my dolls in their turn. I liked it when you came and played with me, just as they liked it when I came and played with them. That’s what our marriage has been, Torvald.”
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)