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“Sickness is a benign rehearsal for death. With luck, some other understudy will go on in your stead before your final bow becomes inevitable.”

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“So here it is: A month of heartbreaking, gut-wrenching work that, if we do it right, leads to no definite conclusion. Eighteen-hour days and eighteen-hour nights. For you new members, this will feel like some kind of endurance race. We’ve got one month to break down this awful script, rebuild it, learn every one of its variations, and then rehearse the result until you can do it in your sleep. But even then we won’t be finished, because there’s a hostile crowd out there just dying to be the first ones to solve the mystery—which we will not let them do. Let’s get to work.”

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“In love with you Through all the ups and downs, I now understand that… I was always in love with you. It's strange how time can make us aware Of what our heart knew all along… I was always in love with you. In every smile, in every memory, I find proof that… I was always in love with you. Even when we were apart, My heart was always drawn to you. I used to think that my feelings were fleeting But the truth is, I was always in love with you.”

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