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This volume compiles three distinct plays, showcasing a variety of styles and themes in theater.
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“There are truths which can kill a nation.”
“There is no forgiveness in nature.”
“If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.”
“Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.”
“Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.”
“Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.”
“Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated.”
“What's done at night belongs to the night. In the daytime you don't talk about it.”
“Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?”
“Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune.”
“The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.”
“Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.”
“The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.”
“When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.”