Biff Loman Key Quotes Flashcards
(66 cards)
‘Biff is two years older than his brother…
Happy, well built, but in these days bears a worn air and seems less self-assured.’
‘He has suceeded less, and his…
dreams are stronger and less acceptable than Happy’s.’
‘Remember that big Betsy
something - what the hell was her name - over on Bushwick Avenue?
‘I got you…
in there, remember?’
‘Everything I say there’s a…
twist of mockery on his face.’
‘I don’t know - what…
I’m supposed to want.’
‘Shipping clerk, salesman, business of one…
kind or another. And it’s a measly manner of existence.’
‘To suffer fifty weeks of the year for the sake of a two-week vacation, when all you really…
desire is to be outdoors, with your shirt off. And always to have to get ahead of the next fella.’
‘And whenever spring comes to where I am, I suddenly get the feeling, my God, I’m not gettin’…
anywhere. What the hell am I doing, playing around with horses, twenty-eight dollars a week!’
‘I’m thirty-four years old, I…
oughta be makin’ my future.’
‘And now, I get here, and…
I don’t know what to do with myself.’
‘Maybe I oughta get married…
Maybe I oughta get stuck into something.’
‘Maybe that’s my trouble. I’m like…
a boy. I’m married, I’m not in business, I just - I’m like a boy’
‘Why? You making…
money, aren’t you?’
‘Sure, maybe we could…
buy a ranch. Raise cattle, use our muscles.’
‘Men built like we are should…
be working out in the open.’
‘He put his arm on my shoulder, and he…
said, ‘Biff, if you ever need anything, come to me.’
‘I know he thought the world…
of me, though. I was the only one he’d let lock up the place.’
‘[A look of pain…
crosses Biff’s face.]’
‘[Young Biff and Young Happy appear from the direction Willy was…
addressing. […] a sweater with a block ‘S’, carries a football.]’
‘How’s that…
Pop, professional?’
‘The coach told me…
to practise my passing.’
‘Gee, we were…
lonesome for you.’
‘this Saturday - just for you, I’m…
going to break through for a touch-down.’
