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Quote by Lillian Hellman

“I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you wait for the night.”

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Book:The collected plays

Work

The collected plays

This volume brings together a selection of plays, showcasing the playwright's range and style across various genres and themes. more

Author

Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman was an American playwright and screenwriter, renowned for her dramatic works and political activism. Her plays frequently delved into themes of political intrigue and personal morality, making her a significant figure in American theater during the mid-20th century. more

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“We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.”

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“Common-sense is part of the home-made ideology of those who have been deprived of fundamental learning, of those who have been kept ignorant.”

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“in reality we are one and all from the unthinkable first to the no less unthinkable last glued together in a vast imbrication of flesh without breach or fissure”

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