Lillian Hellman - The Autumn Garden (1951)

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I live in a room and I go to work and I play a game called getting through the day while you wait for the night.

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Don't you think people often say other people are tough when they do not know how to cheat them?

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Haven't you lived in the South long enough to know that nothing is ever anybody's fault?

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I think we should not try so hard to talk. Sometimes it is wise to let things grow more roots before one blows them away with words.

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Lonely people talking to each other can make each other lonelier. They should be careful because lonely people can't afford to cry.

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You're a toucher: you constantly touch people or lean on them. Little moments of sensuality. One should have sensuality whole or not at all. Don't you find pecking at it ungratifying? There are many of you: the touchers and the leaners.

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