Eugene O'Neill

pessimist scars tickled life

“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

curiosity kill cat satisfaction back

“Curiosity killed the cat, and satisfaction brought it back.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

present future past

“There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

drunken burden time cush wine poetry virtue

“Be always drunken. Nothing else matters: that is the only question. If you would not feel the horrible burden of Time weighing on your shoulders and crushing you to the earth, be drunken continually.

Drunken with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. But be drunken.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

fairy tale magic door kingdom peace

“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

censorship time place boob bigot

“Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

life solitary cell wall mirror

“Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.”

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)

mouth close ears open tell

"God gave us mouths that close and ears that don't... that should tell us something."

― Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)