anjellynajolie reblogged
It is so plain that, before we can live in the present, we must first redeem the past, and have done with it; and it is only by suffering that we can redeem it, only by strenuous, unremitting toil. If you have the household keys, throw them in the well and go away. Be free, be free as the wind. Believe what I say, Anya; believe what I say. I’m not thirty yet; I am still young, still a student; but what I have been through! I am hungry as the winter; I am sick, anxious, poor as a beggar. Fate has tossed me hither and thither; I have been everywhere, everywhere. But wherever I have been, every minute, day and night, my soul has been full of mysterious anticipations. I feel the approach of happiness, Anya; I see it coming…
Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard (via makeyoubald)
#this is so fucking heartbreaking#the first time a character has vocalised the logic behind the 'solution' to their plight#(of all characters in all his plays)#like sonya in uncle vanya#hoping for the light and for 'rest' except trofimov is aware...#but at the end we know there is none and that is precisely the basis of Absurdism#no#im gonn cry#chekhov moves me so deeply#the cherry orchard#chekhov#words