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Dramatist

William Saroyan was an American playwright and novelist known for his humorous and satirical style. His works often explored social and human issues from the perspective of Armenian-American individuals.

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Famous William Saroyan Quotes

“I don't expect you to understand anything I'm telling you. But I know you will remember this—that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the world—no life at all, anywhere. And the world is full of people and full of wonderful life.”

Life Goodness

Book:The Human Comedy

Source: The Human Comedy

“But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again-in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever.”

Truth Death Hope Goodness

Author:William Saroyan

“Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world.”

Source: Famous American plays of the 1920s and the 1930s

“In the time of your life, live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed...In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.”

World Found Mystery Sorrow Goodness Infinite Add Misery Delight Good Times Hiding Ugliness Wondrous Hiding Place Time Of Your Life

Author:William Saroyan

“Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.”

Found Goodness Hiding Hiding Place

Book:The Time of Your Life

Source: The Time of Your Life

“Yes, the idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better.”

Knows Men Goodness Idiot Good Man

Book:Sons come and go, mothers hang in forever

Source: Sons come and go, mothers hang in forever

About the Author

Born: August 31, 1908
Died: May 18, 1981
Known for: Dramatist
Quotes: 180

Books & Sources

Places Where I've Done TimeRelated source material

I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sureRelated source material

He flies through the air with the greatest of ease: a William Saroyan readerRelated source material

Sons come and go, mothers hang in foreverRelated source material

The Time of Your LifeRelated source material

Madness in the FamilyRelated source material

My Name Is AramRelated source material

The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other StoriesRelated source material

The New Saroyan Reader: A Connoisseur's Anthology of the Writings of William SaroyanRelated source material

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