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> [“Long before the Theater of the Absurd, Woolrich discovered that an incomprehensible universe is best reflected in an incomprehensible story. ("Introduction")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-m-nevins/long-before-the-theater-of-the-absurd-woolrich-discovered-that-an/)

[Francis M. Nevins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-m-nevins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/francis-m-nevins-47510_absurd_long-before-the-theater-of-the-absurd-wo_802460.jpg)

> [“Rums, wie die Fliege”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-borchert/rums-wie-die-fliege/)

[Wolfgang Borchert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-borchert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/wolfgang-borchert-27962_absurdist_rums-wie-die-fliege-1011239_1011239.png)

> [“Personally I always preferred Lipton's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/personally-i-always-preferred-lipton-s/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/samuel-beckett-365_absurdist_personally-i-always-preferred-lipton-s-1_1041036.png)

> [“He tapped into the Zen of ignorance, the enlightenment of absurdity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/he-tapped-into-the-zen-of-ignorance-the-enlightenment-of-absurdity/)

[Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/christopher-moore-353_absurdist_he-tapped-into-the-zen-of-ignorance-the_2165563.png)

> [“Like the playwrights of the Absurd, Woolrich recognized that a senseless story best mirrors a senseless existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-m-nevins-jr/like-the-playwrights-of-the-absurd-woolrich-recognized-that-a/)

[Francis M. Nevins Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-m-nevins-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/francis-m-nevins-jr-100873_absurd_like-the-playwrights-of-the-absurd-woolr_2837157.jpg)

> [“Throughout the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind had been rising toward me from somewhere deep in my future, across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/throughout-the-whole-absurd-life-i-d-lived-a-dark-wind-had-been/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/albert-camus-47_absurdism_throughout-the-whole-absurd-life-i-d-liv_3231480.jpg)

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