John Osborne
» Atheism » “Here we are, we’re alone in the universe, there’s no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We’ve only got ourselves. Somehow, we’ve just got to make a go of it. We’ve only ourselves.”
» Death and Dying » “We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he’d get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.”
» Past » “They spend their time looking forward to the past.”
» Rewards » “What are we hoping to get out of it, what’s it all in aid of — is it really just for the sake of a gloved hand waving at you from a golden coach?”
» Sacrifice » “The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say — or their beliefs — or sex.”
