Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Quotable Quotes
Ivana (25)
Guil: Chance then?
Player: Or fate
Guil: Yours or ours?
Player: It could hardly be one without the other.
Juan (72)
Guil: Death followed by eternity…the worst of both worlds.
Chue (23)
The player: For some of us it is performance, for others, patronage.
Cheng (104)
Guil: Why don’t you say anything original!
Saraith:
Guil: We only know what we’re told… and for all we know it isn’t even true (66.
Ashley:
Player: You can’t go through life questioning your situation at every turn (66).
Alejandro:
Guil: Incest to adultery (50).
Chris (108)
Guil: No, no, no… Death is…not. Death isn’t. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can’t not-be on a boat.
Alyssa:
“Guil: ……We may seize the moment, toss it around while the moments pass, a short dash here, an exploration there….” (101).
“Guil: …I think I’ll spend most of my life on boats” (101).
D’Angelo:
“Ros: Questions and answers. Old ways are the best ways!” (56).
Francisco:
Ros: “Incidents! All we get is incidents! Dear God, is it too much to expect a little sustained action?!” (118)
Bryant:
“I feel like a spectator—an appalling business. The only thing that makes it bearable is the irrational belief that somebody interesting will come in a minute…” (41)
Jordan:
“We’re more of the blood, love, and rhetoric school.” (33)

Randy:
“We shall see. I hardly knew him, he’s changed.” (46)
Lucky:
Player: “Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get.” (80)
We’ve travelled too far and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation (121).
Deve:
“Guild: I have no desires” (17)
Dang:
“…You can’t act death…just a man failing to appear…an exit…” (84)
Nick
Ros: “They’ll have us hanging about till we’re dead” (93)