Lear Quotes

“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.”
― Edward Bond, Lear

“It's dangerous to tell the truth, truth without power is always dangerous. And we should fight! Freedom's not an idea, it's a passion! If you haven't got it you fight like a fish out of water fighting for air!”
― Edward Bond, Lear

“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you must burn the house! You're soldiers - you must do your duty ... O burn the house! Burn the house! Burn the house!”
― Edward Bond, Lear

“I see my life. A black tree by a pool. The branches are covered with tears. The tears are shining with light. The wind blows the tears in the sky, and my tears fall down on me.”
― Edward Bond, Lear