Quote#Death
We'd be making sail in the dawn, with a fair breeze, singing a chanty…
Quote byEugene O'Neill · 1888–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Hairy Ape (1922), Paddy: Scene 1.
English (original)
We'd be making sail in the dawn, with a fair breeze, singing a chanty song wid no care to it. And astern the land would be sinking low and dying out, but we'd give it no heed but a laugh, and never look behind. For the day that was, was enough, for we was free men — and I'm thinking 'tis only slaves do be giving heed to the day that's gone or the day to come — until they're old like me.
— Eugene O'Neill
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