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No Exit Philosophical Viewpoints: Existentialism Quotes Page 1
How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used the translation by S. Gilbert found in No Exit and Three Other Plays, published by Vintage International in 1989.
Citations follow this format: (Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used the translation by S. Gilbert found in No Exit and Three Other Plays, published by Vintage International in 1989.
| Quote #1 VALET: Sorry, sir. No offense meant. But all our guests ask me the same questions. (22) |
Yet Inez does not, as we later see. What is so different about her? Why doesn’t she have the same concerns as Garcin?
| Quote #2 No eyelids, no sleep; it follows, doesn't it? I shall never sleep again. But then – how shall I endure my own company? (31) |
Right…Garcin doesn’t exactly have it figured out yet. If only his own company were the worst he had to endure!
| Quote #3 VALET: Oh, the management can cut off the current if they want to. But I can't remember their having done so on this floor. We have all the electricity we want. (46) |
Moments like this one keep No Exit steeped in a sort of dark humor; hell is other people, but it’s also bureaucratic nonsense.
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