Famous quotes containing the words absurdity and/or history:
“Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)