--- title: "11 Sibyl Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Sibyl quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Sibyl sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/oscar-wilde-16_quote_when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never-1931464_1931464.jpg" --- > [“When is she Sibyl Vane?” “Never.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/oscar-wilde-16_quote_when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never-1931464_1931464.jpg) > [“A Sibyl is a door shaped like a girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/anonymous-1_quote_a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl-107_1077877.jpg) > [It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl-without-the-inspiration/) [Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/edmund-burke-400_inspiration_it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl_1640889.jpg) > [No one said living isn't a pretty chancy business, Sibyl. No one gets out of here alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bohjalian/no-one-said-living-isn-t-a-pretty-chancy-business-sibyl-no-one-gets/) [Chris Bohjalian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bohjalian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/chris-bohjalian-8312_alive_no-one-said-living-isn-t-a-pretty-chancy_2710197.jpg) > [“Surely there comes a moment in every human's life when he or she says, like the Sibyl - I wish to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-deshpande/surely-there-comes-a-moment-in-every-human-s-life-when-he-or-she-says/) [Shashi Deshpande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-deshpande/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/shashi-deshpande-34774_death_surely-there-comes-a-moment-in-every-hum_1546966.png) > [“As a rule, people who act lead the most commonplace lives. They are good husbands, or faithful wives, or something tedious...How different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/as-a-rule-people-who-act-lead-the-most-commonplace-lives-they-are/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/oscar-wilde-16_good-husband_as-a-rule-people-who-act-lead-the-most-c_1410912.jpg) > [“The lord whose is the oracle at Delphoi neither utters nor hides his meaning, but shows it by a sign. The Sibyl,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-lord-whose-is-the-oracle-at-delphoi-neither-utters-nor-hides-his/) [Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/heraclitus-1050_cassandra_the-lord-whose-is-the-oracle-at-delphoi_2356700.jpg) > [The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/the-sibyl-with-frenzied-mouth-uttering-things-not-to-be-laughed-at/) [Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/heraclitus-1050_aids_the-sibyl-with-frenzied-mouth-uttering-t_3110203.jpg) > [“Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petronius/nam-sibyllam-quidem-cumis-ego-ipse-oculis-meis-vidi-in-ampulla/) [Petronius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petronius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/petronius-19029_young-boy_nam-sibyllam-quidem-cumis-ego-ipse-oculi_1466900.jpg) > [“Sibyl, what do you want?” “I want to live,” the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. “I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/sibyl-what-do-you-want-i-want-to-live-the-sibyl-said-and-her-voice/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/catherynne-m-valente-375_fantasy_sibyl-what-do-you-want-i-want-to-live-th_1528785.jpg) > [“Who do you think that old woman is from whom you received the book?” And I said, “The Sibyl.” “You are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/who-do-you-think-that-old-woman-is-from-whom-you-received-the-book/) [The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/the-church-fathers-1438_books_who-do-you-think-that-old-woman-is-from_2268518.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sibyl/#itemlist", "name": "Sibyl Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When is she Sibyl Vane?” “Never.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/oscar-wilde-16_quote_when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never-1931464_1931464.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/oscar-wilde-16_quote_when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never-1931464_1931464.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/oscar-wilde-16_quote_when-is-she-sibyl-vane-never-1931464_1931464.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When is she Sibyl Vane?” “Never.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A Sibyl is a door shaped like a girl.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/anonymous-1_quote_a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl-107_1077877.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/anonymous-1_quote_a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl-107_1077877.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/anonymous-1_quote_a-sibyl-is-a-door-shaped-like-a-girl-107_1077877.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A Sibyl is a door shaped like a girl.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edmund Burke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl-without-the-inspiration/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/edmund-burke-400_inspiration_it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl_1640889.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/edmund-burke-400_inspiration_it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl_1640889.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/edmund-burke-400_inspiration_it-has-all-the-contortions-of-the-sibyl_1640889.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.” — Edmund Burke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one said living isn't a pretty chancy business, Sibyl. 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