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Marsha Norman Quotes

Marsha Norman quotes

American Playwright September 21, 1947

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Marsha Norman quote: "Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the..."
Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself. Marsha Norman
No. You can't. And I can't do anything either, about my life, to change it, make it better, make me feel better about it. Like it better, make it work. But I can stop it. Shut it down, turn it off like the radio when there's nothing on I want to listen to. It's all I really have that belongs to me and I'm going to say what happens to it. And it's going to stop. And I'm going to stop it. So. Let's just have a good time. Marsha Norman
I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but worse. I'm tired. I'm hurt. I'm sad. I feel used. Marsha Norman
Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. Marsha Norman
I see it on his face. I hear it when he talks. We look out at the world and we see the same thing: Not Fair. And the only difference between us is Ricky's out there trying to get even. And he knows not trust anybody and he got it straight from me. And he knows not to try and get work, and guess where he got that. He walks around like there's loose boards in the floor, and you know who laid that floor, I did. Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman quote: "Success is always something that you have to recover from."
Success is always something that you have to recover from. Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman quote: "People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change..."
People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman quote: "Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing..."
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer, which is really just the longings of one heart. Marsha Norman
Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy and more than anything in the world you want to get off and the only reason in the world you don’t get off is it’s still fifty blocks from where you’re going? Well, I can get off right now if I want to, because even if I ride fifty more years and get off then, it’s the same place when I step down to it. Whenever I feel like it, I can get off. As soon as I’ve had enough, it’s my stop. I’ve... Marsha Norman
...I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the truth, Jessie. Things don't have to be true to talk about 'em, you know. Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman quote: "I hate milk. Coats your throat as bad as okra. Something just..."
I hate milk. Coats your throat as bad as okra. Something just downright disgusting about it. Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman quote: "Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me."
Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me. Marsha Norman

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