There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live... we must work, just work!
Irina — in Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, Act IV
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Three Sisters, Act IV; translated by Julius West (1916); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Irina, a fictional character, in The Three Sisters, Act IV. Spoken in grief near the conclusion; a hope for eventual meaning, not a factual prediction.
- The Three Sisters, Act IV; translated by Julius West (1916)
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