Mama: But something might happen. Something that might change everything. Who knows what it might be, but it might be worth waiting for! (Jessie doesn't respond.) Try if for two more weeks. Jessie: No, MamaMama: i'll pay more attention to you. Tell the truth when you ask me. Let you have your say. Jessie: No, Mama. This is how I have my say. This is how I say what I thought about it ALL and I say No. To Dawson and Loretta and the Red Chinese and epilepsy and Ricky and Cicel and you. And me. And hope. I say No.,. Marsha Norman
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
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Theodore Roosevelt
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.
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Alan Cohen
All of us lived life when sex was the farthest thing from our minds. Try to remember the careless freedom of play, basking in the beingness of others. As adults, responsibilities and obligations can often bind us to a daily grind. For some adults, then,...
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Alexandra Katehakis
WRITE. Take your time and play with the words until you feel you got them RIGHT.
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Nico J. Genes
She wanted me to remember that pleasure is political--for the capacity to relax and play renews the spirit and makes it possible for us to come to the work of writing clearer, ready for the journey. (bell hooks about Toni Cade Bambara)
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Bell Hooks
More Quotes By Marsha Norman
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart.
Dreams are illustrations...from the book your soul is writing about you.
Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.
I see it on his face. I hear it when he talks. We look out at the world and we see the same thing: Not Fair. And the only difference between us is Ricky's out there trying to get even. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>And he knows...
