... we have given you a world as contradictory as a female, as cabbalistic as a male, a conscienceless hermaphrodite who plays heaven off against hell, hell off against heaven, revolving in the ballroom of the skies glittering with conflict as diamonds: we have wasted paradox and mystery on you when all you ask us for is cause and effect!
Christopher FryAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright
- Nationality: english
- Born: December 18, 1907
- Died: June 30, 2005
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