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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/)

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> [“Hamm: What's he doing? (CLOV raises lid of NAGG's bin, stoops, looks into it. Pause.) Clov: He's crying. (He closes lid, straightens up) Hamm: Then he's living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/hamm-what-s-he-doing-clov-raises-lid-of-nagg-s-bin-stoops-looks-into/)

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

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