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"Now   just   look   at   your   mother   !  [She   wears   a   girlish   frock   of   yellowed   voile   with   a   blue   silk   sash.  She   carries   a   bunch   of   jonquils  -  the   legend   of   her   youth   is   nearly   revived.]  [Feverishly]:   This   is   the   dress   in   which   I   led   the   cotillion,  won   the   cakewalk   twice   at   Sunset   Hill, wore   one   spring   to   the   Governor's   ball   in   Jackson  "

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"Every time you come in yelling that Goddamn "Rise and Shine! Rise and Shine!" I say to myself, "How lucky dead people are!" But I get up. I go! For sixty-five dollars a month I give up all that I dream of doing and being ever! And you say self - self's all I ever think of. Why, listen, if self is what I though of, Mother, I'd be where he is GONE!"

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"All of my gentlemen callers were sons of planters and so of course I assumed that I would be married to one and raise my family on a large piece of land with plenty of servants. But man proposes-and woman accepts the proposal! To vary that old, old saying a bit-I married no planter! I married a man who worked for the telephone company!"

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“Preparations!   Why   didn't   you   phone   me   at   once,  as   soon   as   you   asked   him,  the  minute   that   he   accepted?   Then,  don't   you   see,  I   could   have   been   getting   ready! “

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AMANDA:   What   is   the   matter   with   you,  you  -  big  -  big   IDIOT

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"I mean that as soon as Laura has got somebody to take care of her, married, a home of her own, independent-why, then you'll be free to go wherever you please, on land, on sea, whichever way the wind blows you! But until that time you've got to look out for your sister. I don't say me because I'm old and don't matter! I say for your sister because she's young and dependent."

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“Honey,  don't   push   with  your   fingers.   If   you   have   to   push   with  something,  the   thing   to   push   with   is   a   crust   of   bread.   And   chew   !chew!   Animals   have sections   in  their   stomachs   which   enable   them   to   digest   flood   without   mastication,  but   human   beings...”

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“AMANDA:   That's   right,  now   that   you've   had   us   make   such   fools   of   ourselves.   The   effort,  the  preparations,  all   the   expense   !   The   new   floor   lamp,  the   rug,  the   clothes   for   Laura   !   all   for   what?  To   entertain   some   other   girl's   fiancé   !   Go   to   the   movies,  go   !   Don't   think   about   us,  a   mother  deserted,  an   unmarried   sister   who's   crippled   and   has   no   job   !   Don't   let   anything   interfere   with  your   selfish   pleasure   I   just   go,  go,  go  -  to   the   movies   !”

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" Let   you   in?   Oh,  good,  you've   met   already!   It's   rare   for   a   girl   as   sweet   an'   pretty   as  Laura   to   be   domestic!   But   Laura   is,  thank   heavens,  not   only   pretty   but   also   very   domestic.   I'm  not   at   all.   I   never   was   a   bit.   I   never   could   make   a   thing   but   angel-food   cake.   Well,  in   the   South  we   had   so   many   servants.   Gone,  gone,  gone.   All   vestige   of   gracious   living   !   Gone   completely!   I  wasn't   prepared   for   what   the   future   brought   me.   All   of   my   gentlemen   callers   were   sons   of  planters   and   so   of   course   I   assumed   that   I   would   be   married   to   one   and   raise   my   family   on   a   large  piece   of   land   with   plenty  of   servants.   But   man   proposes   and   woman   accepts   the   proposal   !  -  To  vary   that   old,  old   saying   a   little   bit  -  I   married   no   planter!   I   married   a   man   who   worked   for   the  telephone   company!  -  That   gallantly   smiling   gentleman   over   there!   [Points   to   the   picture.]   A  telephone   man   who  -  fell   in   love   with   long   distance   I  -  Now   he   travels   and   I   don't   even   know  where   !  -  But   what   am   I   going   on   for   about   my  -  tribulations?"

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"The   effort,  the  preparations,  all   the   expense   !   The   new   floor   lamp,  the   rug,  the   clothes   for   Laura   !   all   for   what?"

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"AMANDA:   You   really   must   come   to   the   table.   We   won't   be   seated   until   you   come   to   the   table   ! Come   in,  Mr   O'Connor.   You   sit   over   there,  and   I'll   Laura  -  Laura   Wingfield   !  You're   keeping   us   waiting,  honey   !   We   can't   say   grace.   until   you   come   to   the   table  "

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"...him,  Tom  -  good   gracious!  -  why   don't   you   bring   this   paragon   to   supper?   Id   like   to   meet   this   nice  young   man   at   the   warehouse!  -  Instead   of   just   hearing   you   sing   his   praises   so   much!  I   don't   know   why   my   son   is   so   stand-offish  -  that's   not   Southern   behaviour   !  Let's   sit   down   and  -  I   think   we   could   stand   a   little   more   air   in   here   !   Tom,  leave   the   door   open.   I  felt   a   nice   fresh   breeze   a   moment   ago.   Where   has   it   gone   to?  Mmm,  so   warm   already   !   And   not   quite   summer,  even.   We're   going   to   bum   up   when   summer  really   gets   started.   However,  we're   having  -  we're   having   a   very   light   supper.   I   think   light   things  are   better   fo'   this   time   of   year.   The   same   as   light   clothes   are.   Light   clothes   an'   light   food   are   what  warm   weather   calls   fo'.   You   know   our   blood   gets   so   thick   during   th'   winter  -  it   takes   a   while   fo'  us   to   adjust   ou'selves!  -  when   the   season   changes   ...  It's   come   so   quick   this   year.   I   wasn't   prepared.   All   of   a   sudden  -  heavens   !   Already   summer!  -  I  ran   to   the   trunk   an'   pulled   out   this   light   dress  -  Terribly   old!   Historical   almost!   But   feels   so   good  -  so   good   an'   co-ol,  y'   know.... "

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"[JIM   laughs   appreciatively.]  Everybody   sit   still.   I'll   light   the   candles.   Isn't   it   lucky   we   have   them   on   the   table?   Where's   a  match?   Which   of   you   gentlemen   can   provide   a   match?  JIM:   Here.  AMANDA:   Thank   you,  Sir.  JIM:   Not   at   all,  Ma'am! "

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"Certain   responses   are   attempted   by   JIM   but   are   swept   aside   by   AMANDA's   gay   laughter   and  chatter.   TOM   is   embarrassed   but   after   the   first   shock   JIM   reacts   very   warmly.   Grins   and  chuckles,  is   altogether   won   over.  "

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"AMANDA   [coyly   smiling,  shaking   her   girlish   ringlets]"

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“And   I   could   have   been   Mrs   Duncan   J.   Fitzhugh,  mind   you!   But  -  I   picked   your   father “