Quotes by Harold Pinter

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Playwright · British · 1930–2008

British playwright (1930–2008)

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“There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.”
— Harold Pinter
false falsehood memory recollection

“RUTH: If you take the glass…I’ll take you.”
— Harold Pinter
defend power woman

“You are in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but remains forever, icy and silent.”
— Harold Pinter
identity loss memory

“Listen. You know what it's like when you're in a room with the light on and then suddenly the light goes out? I'll show you. It's like this."He turns out the light.BLACKOUT”
— Harold Pinter
memory menace

“In other words apart from the known and the unknown what else is there?”
— Harold Pinter
philosophy