Scene 7 Flashcards
BLANCHE
“BLANCHE [singing blithely]: ‘Say, it’s only a paper mood, Sailing over a cardboard sea – But it wouldn’t be make-believe if you believed in me!’”
“A hot bath and a long, cold drink always give me a brand-new outlook on life!”
Stella: Why, nothing has happened, Blanche
[She stares fearfully at Stella, who pretends to be busy at the table. The distant piano goes into a hectic breakdown]
STELLA
“It’s pure invention! There’s not a word of truth in it and if I were a man and this creature had dared to invent such things in my presence”
“I don’t believe all of those stories and I think your supplying was mean and rotten to tell”
“She was young, very young, she had an experience that -killed her illusions!”
STANLEY
“You should just know the line she’s been feeding to Mitch. He thought she had never been more than kissed by a fellow! But Sister Blanche is not lily!”
“A second-class hotel which has the advantage of not interfering with the private social life of the personality there”
” seventeen-year-old boy she’d gotten mixed up with”
“I’d like to have seen her trying to squirm out of that one!”
MITCH
