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“He was talking as though someone we both knew had just died, and it filled me with happiness. Such is art.”
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“The past, and its relationship to the present, has always been vital to Miller. As a character in another Miller play (After the Fall) remarks, the past is holy. Why? Not merely because the present contains the past, but because a moral world depends on an acceptance of the notion of causality, on an acknowledgment that we are responsible for, and a product of, our actions.”
― Death of a Salesman
― Death of a Salesman
“They believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world. We have inherited this belief, and it has helped and hurt us.”
― The Crucible
― The Crucible
“possibly the greatest truths we know have come out of people’s suffering. —ARTHUR MILLER”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
“PROCTOR: If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!”
― The Crucible
― The Crucible
Giselle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Giselle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Young-adult, and Nonfiction
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