“Sometimes… it's better for a man just to walk away.
But if you can't walk away?
I guess that's when it's tough.”

— Arthur Miller , book Death of a Salesman

Source: Death of a Salesman

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playwright from the United States 1915–2005

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“Sometimes… it's better for a man just to walk away.
But if you can't walk away?
I guess that's when it's tough.”