BEST OF WIVES AND BEST OF WOMEN.
- Come back to bed.
- Come back to sleep
- I have an early meeting out of town
- It’s still dark outside.
- I’ll be back before you know I’m gone.
- I’m going back to sleep.
- Why do you write like you’re running out of time?
- You are the best of wives and best of women.
IT’S QUIET UPTOWN.
- Can you imagine?
- Do you like it uptown?
- Have pity.
- Hear me out, that would be enough.
- I go to church on Sundays and pray; that never used to happen before.
- I know I don’t deserve you.
- I know there’s no replacing what we’ve lost.
- I know who I married.
- I learned to live with the unimaginable.
- I never liked the quiet before.
- I spend hours in the garden.
- If I could spare his life, if I could trade his life for mine…
- It’s quiet uptown.
- I’m in too deep, it feels easier to just swim down.
- Just let me stay here by your side.
- Look at where we are, look at where we started.
- Push away the unimaginable.
- There is suffering too terrible to name.
- You need time.
- You would smile, and that would be enough.
WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORY.
- Can I show you what I’m proudest of?
- Have I done enough?
- I can’t wait to see you again.
- I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings.
- It’s not enough.
- It’s only a matter of time.
- I’ll stop wasting time on tears.
- Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory.
- She tells our story.
- They could have done so much more if they only had time.
- What would you do if you had more time?
- When you’re gone, who remembers your name?
- Who tells your story?
- Will they tell my story?
- You have no control: who lives, who dies, who tells your story.
- You really do write like you’re running out of time.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
- Get your education, and don’t forget where you came from.
- I died for him.
- I loved him.
- I trusted him.
- In New York, you can be a new man.
- I’m headed for a new land.
- Just you wait.
- See if you can spot him.
- The world will never be the same.
- The world’s gonna know your name.
- There’s a million things I haven’t done, but just you wait.
- There’s nothing left to do.
- This kid is insane.
- We fought with him.
- What’s your name?
- You never backed down.
- You never learned to take your time.
- Your future is dripping down the drain.
- You’ve gotta fend for yourself.
BURN.
- He will do what it takes to survive.
- I hope that you burn.
- I knew you were mine.
- I saved every letter you wrote me.
- I thought you were mine.
- The world has no place in our bed!
- The world has no right to my heart!
- You are paranoid.
- You forfeit all rights to my heart!
- You have married an Icarus; he has flown too close to the sun.
- You have ruined our lives.
- You said you were mine.
- You told the whole world how you brought this girl into our bed.
- You’ll sleep in your office, instead.
TAKE A BREAK.
- Did you intend this?
- Do you have to live an ocean away?
- Hey, our kids are pretty great.
- I am a poet; I wrote this poem just to show it!
- I came all this way.
- I know you’re very busy, and I know your work’s important.
- I will try to get away.
- It’s good to see your face.
- I’ve got so much on my plate.
- Sit down with him and compromise; don’t stop till you agree.
- Spend the summer with your family!
- Take a break!
- Take your time.
- There’s a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
- Thoughts of you subside.
- You and I can go, when the night is dark.
- Your son is nine years old, today.
- You’ll only be a moment away.
- You’re not joining us?
- You’ve consumed my waking days.
- _____ is arriving today!