“For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.”
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“For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.”
— Tom Stoppard
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“For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.”0 likes
“Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat? Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats.”0 likes
“Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?”0 likes
“For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.”
“Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat? Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats.”
“Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?”
“The truth is, we value your company, for want of any other. We have been left so much to our own devices—after a while one welcomes the uncertainty of being left to other people's.”
“We're actors — we're the opposite of people!”
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