The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentrat…

Arthur Miller
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The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. ✨ Arthur Miller (2015). Miller Plays: 1: All My Sons; Death of a Salesman; The Crucible; A Memory of Two Mondays; A View from the Bridge, p.7, Bloomsbury Publishing
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