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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
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it was amazing
bookshelves: favorites, classics, read-in-2015, lit-classes, anglistika, 2015-favorites, all-time-favorites

I think I'm still processing, but WOW!


"We all peel labels, sweetie; and when you get through the skin, all three layers, through the muscle, slosh aside the organs [...] and get down to bone...you know what you do then?
[...] When you get down to bone, you haven't got all the way, yet. There's something inside the bone...the marrow...and that's what you gotta get at.�
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Edward Albee
“I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee
“Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee
“George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. And yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: Sad, sad, sad. Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: “Yes, this will do�. Who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving� me, and must be punished for it. George and Martha� Sad, sad, sad.”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee
“And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually ..... fall.”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee
“Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee
“HONEY: (Apologetically, holding up her brandy bottle) I peel labels.
GEORGE: We all peel labels, sweetie; and when you get through the skin, all three layers, through the muscle, slosh aside the organs (An aside to NICK) them which is still sloshable--(Back to HONEY) and get down to bone...you know what you do then?
HONEY: (Terribly interested) No!
GEORGE: When you get down to bone, you haven't got all the way, yet. There's something inside the bone...the marrow...and that's what you gotta get at. (A strange smile at MARTHA)”
Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Reading Progress

Started Reading
May 15, 2015 – Shelved
May 15, 2015 – Shelved as: favorites
May 15, 2015 – Shelved as: classics
May 15, 2015 – Shelved as: read-in-2015
May 15, 2015 – Shelved as: lit-classes
May 15, 2015 – Shelved as: anglistika
May 15, 2015 – Finished Reading
July 7, 2015 – Shelved as: 2015-favorites
January 24, 2016 – Shelved as: all-time-favorites

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