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Brick Quotes Flashcards

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A tone of politely feigned interest…

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…masking indifference or worse” Act 1

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Give 2 stage directions to show bricks lack of interaction with Maggie in Act 1

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“Without interest”

“Absently”

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“He has the additional charm of that cool…

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…air of detachment” Act 1

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What school did Brick break his ankle at?

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Glorious Hill high school

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“He is not looking at her…

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…but into fading gold space”

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“That detached quality as if you were playing a game…

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…without much concern over whether you won or lost” Act 1

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“The charm…

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…of the defeated” Act 1

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“You look so cool…

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…so cool, so enviably cool” Act 1

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“I don’t want to lean on your shoulder…

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…I want my crutch” Act 1

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“A sign of nerves…

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…in a player on the defensive” Act 1

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“Doesn’t hurt…

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…just itches” Act 1

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“Seizes a small boudoir chair and raises it like…

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…a lion tamer facing a big circus cat” Act 1

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“Brick hobbles rapidly to the bathroom…

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…and kicks the door shut” Act 1

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“Oh yeah Sonny Boy Maxwell…

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…he was a good-end runner” Act 1

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“Maggie shut up…

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…about Skipper” Act 1

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“Skipper and I made love…

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…because it made both of us feel a little bit closer to you” Act 1

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“Don’t you know I could kill you…

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…with this crutch” Act 1

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18
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“You organised the Dixie Stars…

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…you could keep on being’ team-mates for ever” Act 1

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“Brick strikes at her with his crutch…

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…a blow that shatters the gemlike lamp” Act 1

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“People like to do what they used to do…

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…even after they’ve stopped being able to do it” Act 1

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21
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“Brick has switched on…

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…the TV set” Act 2

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“She kisses Brick on the mouth…

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…which he immediately wipes with the back of his hand” Act 2

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“You know what I like to hear most?…

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…Solid quiet. Perfect unbroken quiet” Act 2

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“Communication is -…

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…awful hard between people” Act 2

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“A click that I get in my head...
...that makes me peaceful” Act 2
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“you talk...
...in - circles!” Act 2
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“Big Daddy...
...I’m in pain” Act 2
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“Not her...
...That wouldn’t matter” Act 2
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“No sir...
...I don’t care” Act 2
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“A drinking man’s someone...
...who wants to forget he isn’t still young am’ believing” Act 2
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“Brick’s rapid gobble away from his father’s...
...steady, grave attention” Act 2
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“Stopping short downstage as if...
...backed to a wall” Act 2
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“How many others thought...
...Skipper and I were-“ Act 2
34
“Brick wheels on his crutch...
...and hurls his glass across the room” Act 2
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“Brick is transformed...
...as if a quiet mountain blew suddenly up in volcanic flame” Act 2
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“Maybe that’s why you put Maggie and me in this room...
...in which that pair of old sisters slept in a double bed” Act 2
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“You think me an’ Skipper...
...did, did, did! - sodomy! - together?” Act 2
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“-ducking sissies?...
...Queers?” Act 2
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“Naw I don’t want...
...your hand” Act 2
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“He turns...
...away from his father” Act 2
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When they discovered a pledge to our fraternity...
...did a, attempted, to do a, unnatural thing with” Act 2
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“Why can’t exceptional friendship...
...real, real, deep, deep friendship!” Act 2
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“Something clean...
...and decent” Act 2
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“We gauge the wife and profound reach of the conventional mores...
...he got from the world that crowned him with early laurel” Act 2
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“Frig Mae and Gooper...
...frig all dirty lies and liars” Act 2
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“A broken...
...tragically elegant figure” Act 2
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“His truth...
...not mine!” Act 2
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“Mendacity is a system that we live in...
...Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other” Act 2
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“Brick sings to...
...the moon on the gallery” Act 3
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“Everybody looking at Brick as...
...as everybody has always looked at Brick” Act 3
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“I’m a restless cripple...
...I got to stay on my crutch” Act 3
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“He never carried a thing in his life...
...but a football or a highball” Act 3
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“As he prepares a drink...
...he sings softly” Act 3
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“He draws aside...
...as he does from all physical contact” Act 3
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“Brick has turned on...
...the phonograph” Act 3
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“No put in on the sofa...
...where I sleep” Act 3
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“How are you gonna conceive a child by a man...
...in love with his liquor?” Act 3
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“He averts his face...
...from her sobbing kisses” Act 3
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“Wouldn’t it be funny...
...if that was true?” Act 3

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