Quotes on Desdemona

Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will still blind him to the evidence. Let Oedipus triumph over gravity; he won't triumph over his fate.

And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.

So will I turn her virtue into pitch, And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all.

I understand a fury in your words But not your words.

I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.