Salomé Quotes

“The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salome: A Tragedy in One Act

“How pale the Princess is! Never have I seen her so pale. She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks.”
― Oscar wilde, Salomé

“The long black nights, when the moon hides her face, when the stars are afraid, are not so black. The silence that dwells in the forest is not so black. There is nothing in the world so black as thy hair.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“I am athirst for thy beauty; I am hungry for thy body; and neither wine nor apples can appease my desire. What shall I do now, Iokanaan? Neither the floods nor the great waters can quench my passion. I was a princess, and thou didst scorn me. I was a virgin, and thou didst take my virginity from me. I was chaste, and thou didst fill my veins with fire . . .”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Ah! thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Iokanaan. Well! I will kiss it now. I will bite it with my teeth as one bites a ripe fruit. Yes, I will kiss thy mouth, Iokanaan. I said it; did I not say it? I said it. Ah! I will kiss it now . . . . But wherefore dost thou not look at me, Iokanaan? Thine eyes that were so terrible, so full of rage and scorn, are shut now. Wherefore are they shut? Open thine eyes! Lift up thine eyelids, Iokanaan! Wherefore dost thou not look at me? Art thou afraid of me, Iokanaan, that thou wilt not look at me?”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Look at the moon! How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. You would fancy she was looking for dead things.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Ah! ah! wherefore didst thou not look at me? If thou hadst looked at me thou hadst loved me. Well I know that thou wouldst have loved me, and the mystery of Love is greater than the mystery of Death.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“They say that love hath a bitter taste.... But what matter? What matter? I have kissed thy mouth.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“THE VOICE OF SALOME:
Ah! I have kissed thy mouth, Iokanaan, I have kissed thy mouth. There was a bitter taste on thy lips. Was it the taste of blood?... Nay; but perchance it was the taste of love... They say that love hath a bitter taste... But what matter? What matter? I have kissed thy mouth, Iokanaan, I have kissed thy mouth.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“One should not look at anything. Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors is it well to look, for mirrors do but show us masks.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Ah, Iokanaan, Iokanaan, thou wert the man that I loved alone among men! All other men were hateful to me. But thou wert beautiful! Thy body was a column of ivory set upon feet of silver. It was a garden full of doves and lilies of silver. It was a tower of silver decked with shields of ivory. There was nothing in the world so white as thy body. There was nothing in the world so black as thy hair. In the whole world there was nothing so red as thy mouth. Thy voice was a censer that scattered strange perfumes, and when I looked on thee I heard a strange music. Ah! wherefore didst thou not look at me, Iokanaan?”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“You have a dreamer’s look; you must not dream. It is only sick people who dream.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Put out the torches! Hide the moon! Hide the stars! Let us hide ourselves in our palace, Herodias. I begin to be afraid.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“How good to see the moon! She is like a little piece of money. You would think she was a little silver flower. The moon is cold and chaste. I am sure she is a virgin, she has a virgin's beauty. Yes, she is a virgin. She has never defiled herself. She has never abandoned herself to men, like the other goddesses.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“THE YOUNG SYRIAN:
How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night!

THE PAGE OF HERODIAS:
You are always looking at her. You look at her too much. It is dangerous to look at people in such fashion. Something terrible may happen.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Daughter of Sodom, come not near me! But cover thy face with a veil, and scatter ashes upon thine head, and get thee to the desert and seek out the Son of Man.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Put out the torches! Hide the moon! Hide the stars! Let us hide ourselves in our palace,
Herodias. I begin to be afraid.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Cæsar himself carries such an emerald when he goes to the circus. But my emerald is larger. I know well that it is larger. It is the largest emerald in the whole world. You would like that, would you not? Ask it of me and I will give it you.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé A Tragedy in One Act

“Listen. I have jewels hidden in this place—jewels that your mother even has never seen; jewels that are marvellous. I have a collar of pearls, set in four rows. They are like unto moons chained with rays of silver. They are like fifty moons caught in a golden net. On the ivory of her breast a queen has worn it. Thou shalt be as fair as a queen when thou wearest it.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act: Oscar Wilde Presents a Captivating Theatrical Piece by Oscar Wilde

“HEROD: No matter! But let them find Him, and tell Him from me I will not allow Him to raise the dead. To change water into wine, to heal the lepers and the blind... He may do these things if He will. I say nothing against these things. In truth, I hold it a good deed to heal a leper. But I allow no man to raise the dead. It would be terrible if the dead came back.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“No one can tell how God worketh. His ways are very mysterious. It may be that the things which we call evil are good, and the things which we call good are evil. There is no knowledge of anything. We must needs submit to everything, for God is very strong. He breaketh in pieces the strong together with the weak, for He regardeth not any man.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Tanrı hiçbir zaman gizlenmez. O kendisini her zaman ve her şeyde gösterir. Tanrı iyi olanın içinde olduğu gibi kötünün de içindedir.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Ne eşyalara ne de insanlara bakmalı. Sadece aynalara bakmalı. Çünkü aynalar bize sadece maskeleri gösterir…”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé

“Gördüğümüz her şeyde simgeler bulmak akıllıca değil. Hayatı imkânsız kılar bu.”
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé