“ A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back. Arthur Miller
“ Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away. Arthur Miller
“ I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through the door. Arthur Miller
“ We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! Arthur Miller
“ Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing, Pop. Can't you understand that? There's no spite in it any more. I'm just what I am, that's all. Arthur Miller
“ I may think of you softly from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again. Arthur Miller
“ CHRIS: The great roué! KELLER: What is that, roué? CHRIS: It’s French. KELLER: Don’t talk dirty. They laugh. CHRIS, to Ann: You ever meet a bigger ignoramus? KELLER: Well, somebody’s got to make a liv… Arthur Miller
“ You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stolen than a word that you gave away. Arthur Miller
“ Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. Arthur Miller
“ Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I… Arthur Miller
“ After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive. Arthur Miller
“ Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am. Arthur Miller
“ 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
“ I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is ha… Arthur Miller
“ Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. More weight, he says. And died. Arthur Miller
“ Well, I spent six or seven years after high school trying to work myself up. Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one kind or another. And it's a measly manner of existence. To get on that subway on… Arthur Miller
“ Peace. It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now. Arthur Miller