Life’s gone on as if I’d never lived.
Fiers — in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Act IV
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Cherry Orchard, Act IV; translated by Julius West (1916); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Fiers, a fictional character, in The Cherry Orchard, Act IV. The elderly servant’s final reflection after being forgotten in the locked house.
- The Cherry Orchard, Act IV; translated by Julius West (1916)
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