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> [“Orpheus never liked words. He had his music. He would get a funny look on his face and I would say what are you thinking about and he would always be thinking about music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/orpheus-never-liked-words-he-had-his-music-he-would-get-a-funny-look-2/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

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## More by Sarah Ruhl

> [“I hate parties. And a wedding is the biggest party of all. All the guests arrived and Orpheus is taking a shower. He's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/i-hate-parties-and-a-wedding-is-the-biggest-party-of-all-all-the/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/have-you-ever-been-so-melancholy-that-you-wanted-to-fit-in-the-palm/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark together, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/the-theater-is-one-of-the-few-places-left-in-the-bright-and-noisy/)

[sarah ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [I do think there's a relationship between a book and a reader that's more intimate, in many ways, than the relationship between an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/i-do-think-there-s-a-relationship-between-a-book-and-a-reader-that-s/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“When you read a novel, it seems that everything is clear, trite and understandable. But when you yourself fall in love, you understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/when-you-read-a-novel-it-seems-that-everything-is-clear-trite-and/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“When you snatch happiness in little bits, fits and starts, and lose it, like me, you become coarse, little by little, you become hateful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/when-you-snatch-happiness-in-little-bits-fits-and-starts-and-lose-it/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [Sitting down with younger women writers and saying, "This is what I do and you can do this" is hugely important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/sitting-down-with-younger-women-writers-and-saying-this-is-what-i-do/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [Attachment parenting is this theory that if you wear your baby around and you sleep with your baby and you breast-feed for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/attachment-parenting-is-this-theory-that-if-you-wear-your-baby-around/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [We all exist in relation to the world, our partners, the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/we-all-exist-in-relation-to-the-world-our-partners-the-human-race/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“Play itself is a primary process, not a luxury, not a hobby, but something all children must do to survive into adulthood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/play-itself-is-a-primary-process-not-a-luxury-not-a-hobby-but/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“Orpheus never liked words. He had his music. He would get a funny look on his face and I would say what are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/orpheus-never-liked-words-he-had-his-music-he-would-get-a-funny-look/)

[sarah ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“What silly little things sometimes take on meaning in life, suddenly, out of nowhere. And you know they're little nothings, and you laugh at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/what-silly-little-things-sometimes-take-on-meaning-in-life-suddenly/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [Being dead is the most airtight defense of one's own aesthetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/being-dead-is-the-most-airtight-defense-of-one-s-own-aesthetic/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [“Don't make a wall of glass between your play and the people watching. Don't forget they were once children, who enjoyed being read to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/don-t-make-a-wall-of-glass-between-your-play-and-the-people-watching/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

> [Plays are architecture, and you can make them stand in many ways that are hard to describe. And, I think, in our limited ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/plays-are-architecture-and-you-can-make-them-stand-in-many-ways-that/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

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