Wise Words: Talk About

(Silence.)

Vladimir: What do they say?

Estragon: They talk about their lives.

Vladimir: To have lived is not enough for them.

Estragon: They have to talk about it.

Vladimir: To be dead is not enough for them.

Estragon: It is not sufficient.

– Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989), Waiting for Godot

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Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, director, writer, and poet. Waiting for Godot is one of Beckett’s most notable plays.

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This quote can be found along Library Way, a stretch of East 41st Street, which leads to the New York Public Library. The plaque was sculpted by Gregg LeFevre.