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Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my

Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!

Arthur Miller
Lying, Dust, Names
Arthur Miller (1953). “The Crucible”, p.90, Dramatists Play Service Inc

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.

Arthur Miller
Life, Lying, Ridiculous
Arthur Miller (1994). “Death of a Salesman”, p.78, Heinemann

Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible. And it is curious, although edifying, that the plays we revere, century after century, are the tragedies. In them, and in them alone, lies the belief-optimistic, if you will, in the perfectibility of man.

Arthur Miller
Lying, Optimistic, Men
Arthur Miller (2016). “The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

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