“Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
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Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances, and has been revived on Broadway four times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
“We're free and clear, Willy. We're free, we're free, we're free…”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Linda
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“I'm very well liked in Hartford. You know, the trouble is, Linda, people don't seem to take to me.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Nothing's Planted, I don't have a thing in the ground.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Spite, spite, is the word of your undoing!”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“They don't need me in New York. I'm the New England man. I'm vital in New England.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“I simply asked him if he was making any money. Is that a criticism?”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Wonderful coffee. Meal in itself”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Work a lifetime to pay off a house — You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“You cut your life down for spite!”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Personality always wins the day.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“Isn't that — isn't that remarkable? Biff — he likes me!”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Willy
Death of a Salesman (1949)
“See, Biff, everybody around me is so false that I'm constantly lowering my ideals…”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
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“Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Ben
Death of a Salesman (1949)
Source: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
