Stage And Performance Quotes

“He was no marionette after all, but an autonomous individual in a staged performance; a production carefully arranged and assembled on his discrete behalf.

And he, Mario Fantoccio, had been invited on-stage to perform.”
― Louise Blackwick, The Underworld Rhapsody

“So you put me through all this suffering just to taunt me?’

‘Humans suffer because they take seriously that which we create for entertainment.’

‘Oh really? Because let me tell you, I wasn’t the least bit entertained!’

‘That’s because you were not being entertained, Mr Fantoccio, you were being enlightened,’ stated the Mistress through a pair of foggy eyes. ‘You want to know why painting never worked for you? Because painters are creators and you, Mr Fantoccio, are an overseer. You don’t care about setting up the puppet show; you are merely interested in giving it a good ending. For you, Mr Fantoccio, creating the world was never enough; you aspire to run it. With every breath, you want to shape it. With every choice, you need to control it.”
― Louise Blackwick, The Underworld Rhapsody