457 Quotes by Arthur Miller

It seemed forever before someone remembered to applaud, and then there was no end to it.

Is this, I wondered, why writing exists—as a proof against oblivion? And not just for the writer himself but also for all the others who swim in the depths where the sun of the culture never penetrates?

We had invented God to keep from dying of reality, yet love was the realest reality of all.

He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!

I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!

But then, it’s what I always wanted. My own apartment, a car, and plenty of women. And still, goddammit, I’m lonely.

cleave not to faith when faith brings blood." - Rev. John Hale

Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.

Property breeds lawyers, I said, forbearing to add a belief that unfortunately property now seemed the only thing palpable enough to demand the respect of governments, and perhaps was the generating clout against encroachments on the spiritual protections for speech, assembly, and so on. It might turn out that without the right to possess we are not sure we really have the right to speak and to be.