“Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference.
George: No, but we must carry on as though we did.
Martha: Amen.”

—  Edward Albee , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Source: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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