“I feel I have walked onto a stage. The people around me are absorbed in their parts, putting on this great show, but nothing seems real. Every object looks like a prop. Since I have no part I am reduced to the role of a spectator, but there is nowhere to sit, so I have to mingle with the actors on stage. It is a terrible feeling.”
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“And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.”
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“I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
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