
play·classic·
Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1600
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did Hamlet leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
From the margins
10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. EF7VCU
To be or not to be was never the question. It was to act while unsure.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byRahim18 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. JMBIS5
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. The best diagnostic line ever written about institutions.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byPetra11 FEB 2026 - CarriedNo. XOSGS3
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio. Philosophy keeps losing to reality, politely.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byIlan11 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. UNEPYR
The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. Theater as lie detector since 1600.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byGrace11 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. 0AOQ0X
Get thee to a nunnery, the cruelest speech he gave to the person who loved him most.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byMira11 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. X9ERKZ
Alas, poor Yorick. The skull made mortality holdable, which is the whole trick.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byOwen11 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. LACVJW
Polonius hid behind the arras and died mid-advice. Never eavesdrop on your children.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byTheo11 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. DJ7G69
Now cracks a noble heart. Horatio got the last word and the hardest job: explaining.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byRosa11 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. LL27YN
I must be cruel only to be kind. The user manual for every hard conversation.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byGrace11 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. 3ST8XC
Carried out of it: overthinking is noble and fatal. Schedule your ghosts accordingly.
Carried out ofHamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1600not yet underlinedCarried byRahim26 OCT 2026