16 April: John Millington Synge Quotes

John Millington Synge Irish playwright, was born on this date in 1871. 10 quotes from him:

1. Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
2. A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drownded, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't.
3. Words, particularly in a play, should have the texture of a crisp, autumn apple.
4. No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied.
5. There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
6. A translation is no translation unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.
7. It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.
8. The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.
9. What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?
10. The drama, like the symphony, does not teach or prove anything.

Character birthday

Scud, a member of the Demolition Squad, a band of punk villains. He has no powers but is is big and strong. He isn’t especially intelligent and generally follows his leader’s commands without question. He gets his name from the Scud missile, as he doesn’t often hit anything, but when he does, he does a heck of a lot of damage.