Lear Quotes

Act 1

• "Meantime, we shall express our darker purpose."
• "Which of you shall we say doth love us most."
• "How, nothing will come of nothing. Speak again."
• "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me."
• "Be as well neighboroughed, pitied and relieved , as thou my sometime daughter."
• "Why, this is not Lear. Does Lear walk thus, speak thus? Where are his eyes?"

Act 2

• "O, how this mother swells up toards my heart! Hysterica passio,"
• "[Kneels] Dear daughter, I confess that I am old."
• "O Regan, will you take her by the hand."
• "Thou art a boil, a plague sore, or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood."
• "And let not women's weapons, water-drops…