Maggie Quotes Flashcards
“Shouting above the…
…roar of water” Act 1
“No neck…
…monsters”
“Pigs at…
…a trough” Act 1
“Are totally childless and…
…therefore totally useless” Act 1
“The monster of…
…fertility” Act 1
“Still takes in my shape with…
…what I think is deserved appreciation!” Act 1
“Hand fluttering at her throat and her breast…
…and her long throat arched” Act 1
“Mae having been a cotton carnival queen…
…that’s one honour that I don’t envy her for” Act 1
“What are you thinking of…
…when you look at me like that?” Act 1
“I’ve gone through this hideous! - transformation…
…become - hard! Frantic!” Act 1
“Living with someone you love can be lonelier than…
…living entirely alone! If the one that y’love doesn’t love you” Act 1
“An alcohol rub…
…or cologne” Act 1
“The martyrdom…
…of saint Maggie” Act 1
“My hat is still in the ring…
…and I’m determined to win” Act 1
“What’s the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?…
…just staying on it I guess as long she can” Act 1
“Lean…
…on me” Act 1
“I’m not living with you…
…we occupy the same cage” Act 1
Diana…
…trophy
“Maggie honey if you…
…had children of your own you’d know how funny that is” Mae Act 1
“Why did you give…
…dawgs names to all your kiddies?” Act 1
“I’m consumed with envy…
…an’ eaten up with longing” Act 1
“I can’t see…
…any man but you” Act 1
“I can’t live on and on…
…under these circumstances” Act 1
“Shoot Maggie you just…
…don’t like children” Act 1 Big Mama
“Brick never touched drink before he-“
“THATS NOT FAIR” Act 1
“Why don’t you ask if he makes…
…me happy in bed?” Act 1
“Maggie is alone…
…completely alone and she feels it” Act 1
“They still see me, Brick…
…and they like what they see” Act 1
“I’ve always sort of admire him…
…in spite of his coarseness” Act 1
“Two people in the same boat…
…have got to take care of eachother” Act 1
“Always had to suck up to people…
…I couldn’t stand just because they had money” Act 1
“You can be young without money…
…you can’t be old without it” Act 1
“Skipper and I made love because it made…
…both of us feel a little bit closer to you” Act 1
“Yes, yes, yes! Truth, truth!…
…what’s so awful about it?” Act 1
“I’m honest! Give me…
…credit for just that, will you” Act 1
“Skipper is dead…
…I’m alive” Act 1
“You’re just jealous because…
…you can’t have babies” Dixie Act 1
“That’s a problem…
…I will have to work out” Act 1
“If you don’t like Maggie…
…get rid of Maggie” Big Daddy Act 2
“My family freed their slaves…
…ten years before abolition” Act 3
“Brick does not have…
…a liquor problem at all” Act 3
“My own family…
…that does not include you” Gooper Act 3
“She’s childless because that big beautiful athlete husband of hers…
…won’t go to bed with her!” Mae Act 3
“Maggie holds the pillow forlornly…
…as if it were her only companion” Act 3
“I guess it’s bad but I’m…
…stronger than you” Act 3
“He reaches for his crutch but she…
…beats him to it” Act 3
“Oh you weak beautiful people…
…who give up” Act 3
