DEATH OF A SALESMAN QUOTES:
ACT ONE:
‘They don’t need me in New York. I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New
England.’-Willy
‘Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there’s nobody to live in
it’-Willy
‘How can he find himself on a farm? Is that a life?’-Willy
‘Biff is a bum’ -Willy
‘They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting down those down. They massacred
the neighbourhood.’-Willy
‘You’re my foundation and my support, Linda.’-Willy
‘I don’t know- what I’m supposed to want... To suffer fifty weeks a year for the sake
of a two-week vacation’-Biff
‘Maybe we could buy a ranch. Raise cattle, use of muscles’-Biff
‘I’d like to find a girl – steady, somebody with substance.’ -Happy
‘They seem to laugh at me.’-Willy
‘Just mending my stockings. They’re so expensive, ’ Linda
‘A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.’-Linda
‘Because I know he’s a fake and he doesn’t like anyone around who knows!’-Biff
‘Biff his life is in your hands.’-Linda
‘We don’t belong in this nuthouse of a city! We should be mixing cement on some
open plain.’-Biff
‘Like a young God. Hercules.’-Willy
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, ACT TWO:
‘Once in my life I would like to own something outright before it’s broken!’-Willy
‘He’s only a little boat looking for a harbour.’-Linda
‘I put thirty-four years into this film, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance!’-
Willy
‘This is no time for false pride, Willy.’-Howard
‘You end up worth more dead than alive.’-Willy
‘A fine, troubled prince. A hard-working, unappreciated Prince.’-Biff
‘You-you gave her Mama’s stockings!’-Biff
You fake! You phoney little fake! You fake!’-Biff
‘Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be?’-Biff
‘What am I doing in an office making a contemptuous begging fool of myself, when
all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say who I am!’-Biff
‘Loves me. Always loved me.’-Willy
‘There’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made.’- Biff
‘I made the last payment on the house today. Today dear.’-Linda
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ACT ONE:
‘They don’t need me in New York. I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New
England.’-Willy
‘Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there’s nobody to live in
it’-Willy
‘How can he find himself on a farm? Is that a life?’-Willy
‘Biff is a bum’ -Willy
‘They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting down those down. They massacred
the neighbourhood.’-Willy
‘You’re my foundation and my support, Linda.’-Willy
‘I don’t know- what I’m supposed to want... To suffer fifty weeks a year for the sake
of a two-week vacation’-Biff
‘Maybe we could buy a ranch. Raise cattle, use of muscles’-Biff
‘I’d like to find a girl – steady, somebody with substance.’ -Happy
‘They seem to laugh at me.’-Willy
‘Just mending my stockings. They’re so expensive, ’ Linda
‘A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.’-Linda
‘Because I know he’s a fake and he doesn’t like anyone around who knows!’-Biff
‘Biff his life is in your hands.’-Linda
‘We don’t belong in this nuthouse of a city! We should be mixing cement on some
open plain.’-Biff
‘Like a young God. Hercules.’-Willy
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ELEANOR BARNES-COOK
, ACT TWO:
‘Once in my life I would like to own something outright before it’s broken!’-Willy
‘He’s only a little boat looking for a harbour.’-Linda
‘I put thirty-four years into this film, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance!’-
Willy
‘This is no time for false pride, Willy.’-Howard
‘You end up worth more dead than alive.’-Willy
‘A fine, troubled prince. A hard-working, unappreciated Prince.’-Biff
‘You-you gave her Mama’s stockings!’-Biff
You fake! You phoney little fake! You fake!’-Biff
‘Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be?’-Biff
‘What am I doing in an office making a contemptuous begging fool of myself, when
all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say who I am!’-Biff
‘Loves me. Always loved me.’-Willy
‘There’s more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made.’- Biff
‘I made the last payment on the house today. Today dear.’-Linda
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