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“Do you blame Shakespeare for any of it?”
The question is so unlikely, so nonsensical coming from such a sensible man, that I can’t suppress a smile. “I blame him for all of it.”
― If We Were Villains
The question is so unlikely, so nonsensical coming from such a sensible man, that I can’t suppress a smile. “I blame him for all of it.”
― If We Were Villains
“When did we become such terrible people?”
“Maybe we’ve always been terrible.”
― If We Were Villains
“Maybe we’ve always been terrible.”
― If We Were Villains
“My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,” he said. “Because it is an enemy to thee.”
The balcony scene. Too mistrustful to guess at the meaning, I said, “Don’t do that, James, please—right now can we just be ourselves?”
He crouched down, lifted the mangled script from the floor. “I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s easier now to be Romeo, or Macbeth, or Brutus, or Edmund. Someone else.”
― If We Were Villains
The balcony scene. Too mistrustful to guess at the meaning, I said, “Don’t do that, James, please—right now can we just be ourselves?”
He crouched down, lifted the mangled script from the floor. “I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s easier now to be Romeo, or Macbeth, or Brutus, or Edmund. Someone else.”
― If We Were Villains
“Oliver, I don’t understand,” he said. “Why?”
“You know why.” I was done pretending otherwise.”
― If We Were Villains
“You know why.” I was done pretending otherwise.”
― If We Were Villains
“But in Shakespeare's world, passion is irresistible, not embarrassing.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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