David Henry Hwang - M. Butterfly (1988)

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The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman can't think for herself

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Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I hate myself, but always I miss you

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Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?...Because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.

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Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.

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This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air—too rich a diet to be swallowed by a mundane world.

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Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school.

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