Monday, August 3, 2009

Interesting quote

From Elizabeth Bibesco, an early twentieth-century writer of short stories, plays, and poetry:
"To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing."
This is similar, in many ways, to the Bard's "All the world's a stage" monolog (As You Like It, II.vii.):
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts....
This theme is foundational to this company--that we, as people, fulfill roels in one another's lives in ways we cannot predict, do not fathom, and often do not expect.

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