Musicals

"Slotted spoons don't hold much soup."

"The slotted spoon can catch the potato!"

"[to Baker's wife] Have you seen a boy with carrot-topped hair and a sunny, though occasionally vague, disposition, answering to the name of Jack?"

"There's a dead giant in my back yard!"

"[to female giant] We’ve suffered too! Do you think it was a picnic disposing of your husband's remains?"

"[to baker] No one cared when there was a dead giant in my backyard! I don't remember you volunteering to come to my aid."

"Milky-White! Now I have two friends: a cow and a harp!"

"I buried her in a footprint."

"The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure!"

"I don't want another mother, I want a friend... And a pet."

"[After his mother says someday he will have a real pet] A piggy?"

"I miss my kingdom up in the sky."

"I wish my cow would give us some milk."

"Play harp."

"Please pal, squeeze pal."

"But where am I to go? I have no one to take care of me."

"Then he must DIE."

"I'm going to KILL him."

"There are big tall terrible giants in the sky"

"Maybe I shouldn't have stolen from the Giant."

"(incredulously, to Cinderella) You can talk to birds?"

"The prettier the flower, the farther from the path."

"[Referring to her sick grandmother] For all that I know, she's already dead."

"Nice is different than good."

"Stay away from my cape or I'll slice you into a thousand bits!"

"Maybe I shouldn't have strayed from the path."

"The SPECIAL beans!"

"Go to the wood!"

"(appearing during an argument between the Baker and his wife) WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cares?!?!?! The cow is gone! Get it back! Get it back!"

"(hearing Rapunzel sing) Oh, my precious calls to me."

"(sweetly) Rapunzel, Rapunzel... (Rapunzel continues singing) RAPUNZEL! (strikes Rapunzel's tower with her staff) Let down your hair to me."

"(to Rapunzel) I was just trying to be a good mother!"

"The giant's a woman!"

"Sometimes the things you most wish for are not to be touched."

"Ask a wolf's mother."

"So big that we are just an expendable bug beneath its foot! BOOM! (stomps shoe on ground) Crunch..."

"(to narrator, after he says that he has to tell the story) Some of us don't like the way you've been telling it."

"When you're dead, you're dead."

"Don't you know what's out there in the world? Someone has to shield you from the world"

"Princes wait there in the world, it's true. Princes, yes, but wolves and humans too"

"It's your father's fault that the curse got placed and the place got cursed in the first place."

"(to main characters, during Last Midnight) You're so nice. You're not good; you're not bad; you're just nice."

"Careful the things you say—children will listen."

"(to Wife) Will you please go home!"

"(to Wife) Well... perhaps it will take the two of us to get this child."

"(gesturing towards Milky-White) Look at her, she's crying!"

"(about his baby) He always cries when I hold him."

"I will care for him... when he is older."

"(to Jack) It's magic that... defies description."

"(to baby) Once upon a time... in a far-off kingdom... there lived a young maiden, a sad young lad, and a childless baker... with his wife."

"(about the witch) I don't like that woman..."

"(during the Finale) Maybe I just wasn't meant to have children..."

"I've never lied to royalty before...I've never anything to royalty before!"

"(to Cinderella's Prince) We can't do this, you have a princess! and I have a... a baker."

"You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have."

"(to Cinderella) I need that shoe to have a child!"

"Oh, these beans are no ordinary beans, son. These beans carry magic."

"(referring to Cinderella's Prince) What was that?..."

"This is ridiculous, what am I doing here, I'm in the wrong story!"

"I need your shoe!"

"If you know what you want, you go and you find it and you get it"

"I was raised to be charming, not sincere."

"Worrying will do you no good. If he's safe, then he's safe. And if he's been crushed... well, there's nothing we can do about that, is there?"

"I can capture my own damsel, thank you."

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel. …What kind of a name is that?"

"The harder to get, the better to have."

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel! What a strange name... Strange, but beautiful and fit for a prince."

"(when asked if he'd learned Snow White's name) No, there's a dwarf standing guard."

"Dwarfs are very upsetting."

"Wanting a ball is not wanting a prince."

"But how can you know what you want till you get what you want and you see if you like it? What I want most of all is to know what I want."

"Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor."

"(birds chirp) What about the prince? (birds chirp again) That doesn't matter right now"

"(singing, to Baker's Wife, about the ball)...they have far too much food..."

"My father's house was a nightmare. Your house was a dream. Now I want something in between."

"He has charm for a prince I guess"

"(Singing) And you've learned something too, something you never knew on the steps of the palace."

"Maybe I shouldn't have attended the ball."

"(to Jack) You'd be lucky to exchange her for a sack of beans!"

"("to Baker") When is a white cow not a white cow?"

"("To Baker") Would you buy yourself a child?"

"(on different occasions) "When first I appear I seem mysterious, but when explained I'm nothing serious.""

"No knot unties itself."

"Every knot was once straight rope."

"(To Cinderella) Look at your nails!"

"(Screams and slaps Cinderella) Not that tight!"

"(To Cinderella) Clod."

""I wish..." (Opening and closing lines of the play)"

"The Woods are just Trees. The Trees are just Wood."

"All: "Into the woods, and out of the woods, and home before dark!""

"One midnight gone!"

"All: "Careful the things you say... children will listen.""

"Steward: (to Mysterious Man) Shut up."

"Bernadette Peters - Witch"

"Chip Zien - Baker"

"Joanna Gleason - Baker's Wife"

"Tom Aldredge - Narrator/Mysterious Man"

"Robert Westenberg - Wolf/Cinderella's Prince"

"Kim Crosby - Cinderella"

"Danielle Ferland - Little Red Riding Hood"

"Ben Wright - Jack"

"Barbara Bryne - Jack's Mother"

"Merle Louise - Grandmother/Cinderella's Mother/Giant"

"Chuck Wagner - Rapunzel's Prince"

"Pamela Winslow - Rapunzel"

"Philip Hoffman - Steward"

"Lauren Mitchell - Lucinda"

"Kay McClelland - Florinda"

"Edmund Lyndeck - Cinderella's Father"

"Joy Franz - Cinderella's Stepmother"

"Cindy Robinson - Snow White"

"Maureen Davis - Sleeping Beauty"

"We lose things, and then we choose things, and there are Louies and there are Georges...well, Louies...and George. But George has George! And I need...someone!"

"Pretty isn't beautiful, Mother. Pretty is what changes. What the eye arranges-- is what is beautiful."

"I want my glasses!"

"There are only two worthwhile things to leave behind when you depart this world of ours - children and art."

"I cannot divide my feelings up as neatly as you, and I am not hiding behind my canvas - I am living in it!"

"I am what I do. Which you knew. Which you always knew. What I thought you were a part of!"

"Stop worrying if your vision is new. Let others make that decision- they usually do."

"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."

"White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So many possibilities. [last line]"

"(George) Yes she looks for me. Good. Let her look for me to tell me why she left me. As I always knew she would. I had thought she understood. They have never understood and no reason that they should. But if anybody could. Finishing the hat, how you have to finish the hat. How you watch the rest of the world from a window while you finish the hat. Mapping out a sky. What you feel like planning a sky. How you feel when voices that come through the window go until they distance and die. Until there's nothing but sky. And how you're always coming back too late from the grass or the stick or the dog or the light. How the kind of women willing to wait's not the kind that you want to find waiting to return you to the night. Dizzy from the height. Coming from the hat. Studying the hat. Entering the world of the hat. Reaching through the world of the hat like a window back to this one from that. Studying a face. Stepping back to look at a face leaves a little space in the way like a window. But to see, it's the only way to see. And when the woman that you wanted goes you can say to yourself "well, I give what I give," but the woman who won't wait for you knows that however you live there's a part of you always standing by, mapping out a sky. Finishing a hat. Starting on a hat. Finishing a hat. Look I made a hat...where there never was a hat!"

"Look down, look down, you'll always be a slave. Look down, look down, you're standing in your grave."

"I know the meaning of those 19 years A slave of the law!"

"Never forget the years, the waste. Nor forgive them, for what they've done. They are the guilty, everyone. The day begins... And now lets see What this new world Will do for me!"

"But remember this, my brother See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become an honest man By the witness of the martyrs By the Passion and the Blood God has raised you out of darkness I have bought your soul for God!"

"Yet why did I allow that man To touch my soul and teach me love? He treated me like any other He gave me his trust He called me brother."

"He told me that I have a soul, How does he know?"

"At the end of the day you're another day older And that's all you can say for the life of the poor."

"He slept a summer by my side He filled my days with endless wonder He took my childhood in his stride But he was gone when autumn came."

"And still I dream he'll come to me That we will live the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather."

"Easy money Lying on a bed Just as well they never see The hate that's in your head Don't they know they're making love To one already dead!"

"Tell me quickly what's the story Who saw what and why and where Let him give a full description Let him answer to Javert! In this nest of whores and vipers Let one speak who saw it all Who laid hands on this good man here? What's the substance of this brawl?"

"You have only done your duty. It's a minor sin at most. All of us have made misjudgments You will return Sir to your post."

"If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!"

"My soul belongs to God, I know I made that bargain long ago He gave me hope when hope was gone He gave me strength to journey on!"

"Who am I? Who am I? I'm Jean Valjean! And so, Javert, you see it's true! This man bears no more guilt than you! Who am I? 2 4 6 0 1!"

"Hurry near, another day is dying Don't you hear the winter wind is crying There's a darkness which comes without a warning But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning."

"Valjean, at last We see each-other plain M'sieur L'Mayor You'll wear a different chain"

"I am warning you, Javert! I'm the stronger man by far. There is power in me yet. My race is not yet run!"

"You know nothing of Javert I was born inside a jail I was born with scum like you I am from the gutter too!"

"I know a place where no one's lost, I know a place where no one cries, Crying at all is not allowed, Not in my castle on a cloud."

"Madam Thadenier: Still there, Cosette? Your tears will do you no good. I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood. Cosette: Please do not send me out alone, not in the darkness on my own — Madam Thadenier: (cuts her off) Enough of that! Or I'll forget to be nice! You heard me ask for something and I never ask twice!!"

"With all the anger in the land How long before the judgment day? Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Before the barricades arise?"

"You know your place in the sky You hold your course and your aim And each in your season Returns and returns And is always the same And if you fall as Lucifer fell You fall in flame!"

"Red — the blood of angry men! Black — the dark of ages past! Red — a world about to dawn! Black — the night that ends at last!"

"Who cares about your lonely soul We strive toward a larger goal! Our little lives don't count at all!"

"Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again!"

"Will you give all you can give so that our banner may advance? Some will fall and some will live, will you stand up and take your chance? The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!"

"Valjean: Dear Cosette You’re such a lonely child! How pensive, how sad you seem to be. Believe me, if it were in my power I’d fill each passing hour. How quiet it must be, I can see, With only me for company. Cosette: There’s so little I know that I’m longing to know Of the child that I was and the time long ago! There’s so little you say of the life you have known, Why you keep to yourself, why we’re always alone! So dark, so dark and deep, The secrets that you keep. In my life I have all that I want You are loving and gentle and good. But Papa, dear Papa, in your eyes I am just like a child who is lost in a wood. Valjean: No more words! No more words, it’s a time that is dead! There are words, that are better unheard, better unsaid! Cosette: In my life I’m no longer a child And I yearn for the truth that you know Of the years Years ago. Valjean: You will learn Truth is given by God to us all in our time. In our turn."

"In my life She has burst like the music of angels The light of the sun And my life seems to stop As if something is over And something has scarcely begun."

"One Day More. Another day another destiny. This neverending road to Calvary. These men who seem to know my crime will surely come a second time One Day More!"

"One day more to revolution. We will nip it in the bud! We'll be ready for these schoolboys, They will wet themselves with blood!"

"Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store! One more dawn! One more day! One day more!"

"In the rain The pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever"

"I love him But every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me his world will go on turning A world that's full of happiness That I have never known!"

"So never kick a dog Because he's just a pup We'll fight like twenty armies And we won't give up So you'd better run for cover When the pup grows up!"

"Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius I don't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now You're here, that's all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow."

"You are wrong, and always have been wrong. I'm a man, no worse than any man. You are free, and there are no conditions, No bargains or petitions. There's nothing that I blame you for. You've done your duty, nothing more."

"Drink with me to days gone by Can it be, you fear to die? Will the world remember you when you fall? Could it be your death means nothing at all? Is your life just one more lie?"

"Drink with me to days gone by To the life that used to be At the shrine of friendship, never say die Let the wine of friendship never run dry Here's to you and here's to me."

"You can take You can give Let him be Let him live If I die, let me die Let him live Bring him home."

"Let us die facing our foes, make them bleed while we can!"

"Make them pay through the nose, make them pay for every man!"

"Let others rise to take our place until the earth is FREE!!!!"

"I am the law and the law is not mocked."

"It is either Valjean or Javert!"

"How can I now allow this man To hold dominion over me? This desperate man whom I have hunted He gave me my life. He gave me freedom. I should have perished by his hand It was his right. It was my right to die as well Instead I live... but live in hell."

"They were schoolboys Never held a gun... Fighting for a new world That would rise up like the sun. Where's that new world now the fighting's done?"

"Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me, What your sacrifice was for! Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will drink no more..."

"To love another person Is to see the face of God!"

"Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light.For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise!"

"They will live again in freedom in the Garden of the Lord! They will walk behind the ploughshare. They will push away the sword! The chain will be broken and all men will have their reward!"

"Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing? Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes... Tomorrow comes!"

"FREDERIC: Yes, I have done my best for you. And why? It was my duty under my indentures, and I am the slave of duty."

"KING: Well, Frederic, if you conscientiously feel that it is your duty to destroy us, we cannot blame you for acting on that conviction. Always act in accordance with the dictates of your conscience, my boy, and chance the consequences."

"SAMUEL: But, hang it all! you wouldn't have us absolutely merciless?"

"SONG - PIRATE KING: Oh better far to live and die"

"KING: There are the remains of a good woman about Ruth."

"FREDERIC: Ruth, tell me candidly and without reserve: compared with other women, how are you?"

"FREDERIC: Oh, false one, you have deceived me!"

"SONG — FREDERIC: Oh, is there not one maiden breast"

"SONG- MABEL:"

"SONG — MAJOR-GENERAL: I am the very model of a modern Major-General"

"GENERAL: And now that I've introduced myself, I should like to have some idea of what's going on."

"GENERAL: But wait a bit. I object to pirates as sons-in-law."

"HYMN — KING & CHORUS"

"CHORUS: Oh, dry the glistening tear That dews that martial cheek; Thy loving children hear, In them thy comfort seek. With sympathetic care Their arms around thee creep, For oh, they cannot bear To see their father weep!"

"GENERAL: Why do I sit here? To escape from the pirates' clutches, I described myself as an orphan; and, heaven help me, I am no orphan! I come here to humble myself before the tombs of my ancestors, and to implore their pardon for having brought dishonour on the family escutcheon."

"SONG: Go, ye heroes, go to glory"

"FREDERIC: You don't mean to say you are going to hold me to that?"

"FREDERIC: Ought I to tell you? No, no, I cannot do it; and yet, as one of your band--"

"DUET - MABEL and FREDERIC: Stay, Fred'ric, stay!"

"MABEL: Sergeant, approach! Young Frederic was to have led you to death and glory."

"KING: With base deceit"

"SERGEANT: To gain a brief advantage you've contrived,"

"MABEL: Poor wandering ones!"

"(Mark) December 24th, 9:00PM, eastern standard time. From here on in, I shoot without a script. See if anything comes of it, instead of my old shit. First shot Roger, tuning the Fender guitar he hasn't played in a year."

"(Roger) This won't tune!"

"(Mark) So we hear."

"(Mark) He's just coming back from half a year of withdrawal."

"(Roger) You talking to me?"

"(Mark) Not at all. Are you ready? Hold that focus steady, tell the folks at home what you're doing, Roger."

"(Roger) I'm writing one great song before I"

"(Mark) The phone rings. (Roger) Saved! (Mark) We screen, zoom in on the answering machine."

"(Mark) Tell the folks at home what you're doing, Roger."

"(Roger) I'm writing one last song-"

"(Mark) The phone rings! (Roger) Yes! (Mark) We screen..."

"(Collins) Chestnuts roasting- (Mark and Roger) Collins! (Collins) I'm downstairs. (Mark) Hey! (Collins) Roger picked up the phone? (Mark) No it's me. (Collins) Throw down the keys. (Mark) A wild night is now preordained. (Collins) I may be detained."

"(Mark) What? What do you mean detained?"

"(Benny) Hohoho! (Mark) Benny! (Roger and Mark) Shit! (Benny) Dudes on my way. (Roger and Mark) Great! Fuck! (Benny) I need the rent! (Mark) What rent? (Benny) This past year's rent which I let slide. (Mark) Let slide? You said we were golden! (Roger) When you bought the building, (Mark) When we were roommates? Remember? You lived here. (Benny) How could I forget? You, me, Collins, and Maureen. How is the drama queen? (Mark) She's performing tonight. (Benny and Mark trading off) I know. Still her production manager? Two days ago I was bumped. You still dating her? Last month I was dumped. (Roger) She's in love. (Benny) She got a new man? (Mark) Well, no. (Benny) What's his name? (Mark and Roger) Joanne. (Benny) Rent, my amigos, is due, or I will have to evict you. Be there in a few."

"(Mark) The power blows!"

"(Mark spoken) Don't suppose you'd like to come see Maureen's show in the lot tonight, or come to dinner?"

"(Roger spoken) Zoom in on my empty wallet."

"(Mark spoken) Touché. Take your AZT. (sung) Close on Roger, his girlfriend April left a note saying, "We've got AIDS," before slitting her wrists in the bathroom."

"(Mark) How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day. Headline, breadlines, blow my mind and now this deadline: eviction or pay. Rent!"

"(Roger) How do you write a song when the chords sound wrong, though they once sounded right and rare? When the notes are sour where is the power you once had to ignite the air?"

"(Mark) And we're hungry and frozen. (Roger) Some life that we've chosen!"

"(Joanne) Have you eaten today? You won't throw up. You won't throw up! The digital delay didn't blow up exactly... there may have been one teeny, tiny spark. You're not calling Mark!"

"(Collins) How do you stay on your feet when on every street it's trick or treat, and tonight it's trick!"

"(Mark) Where is he? (Collins) Getting dizzy."

"(All) How we gonna pay last year's rent?"

"(Mark) The music ignites the night with passion and fire. (Joanne) Maureen, I'm not a theater person! (Roger) The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit."

"(Mark) Zoom in as they burn the past to the ground, and feel the heat of the future's glow!"

"(All) How do you leave the past behind when it keeps finding ways to get to your heart? It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out 'til you're torn apart. Rent! How do you connect in an age where strangers, landlords, lovers, your own blood cells betray? What binds the fabric together when the raging, shifting winds of change keep ripping away?"

"(Benny) Draw a line in the sand and then make a stand! (Roger) Use your camera to spar! (Mark) Use your guitar!"

"(All) We're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay last year's rent. This year's Rent. Next year's rent. Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent. We're not gonna pay rent. 'Cause everything is rent!"

"(Benny) Maureen is protesting losing her performance space—not my attitude."

"(Roger) What happened to Benny, what happened to his heart? And the ideals he once pursued?"

"(Benny) And the owner of that lot next door has the right to do with it as he pleases."

"(Collins) Happy birthday Jesus."

"(Benny) The rent! (Mark) You're wasting your time. (Roger) We're broke. (Mark) And you broke your word. This is absurd!"

"(Benny) I'll forgo your rent and on paper guarantee that you can stay here for free, (spoken) if you do me one small favor."

"(Mark spoken) What? (Benny spoken) Convince Maureen to cancel her protest. (Mark spoken) Why not just get an injunction or call the cops? (Benny spoken) I did and they're on standby."

"(Benny) But my investors would rather I handle this quietly."

"(Roger) You can't quietly wipe off a tent city then watch, "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV!"

"(Benny) You want to produce films and write songs? You need somewhere to do it. It's what we used to dream about! Think twice before you pooh-pooh it."

"(Benny) You'll see boys. You'll see boys. You'll see, the beauty of a studio that lets us do our work and get paid. With condos on the top. Whose rent keeps open our shops. Just stop the protest and you'll have it made. You'll see... or you'll pack!"

"(Angel) That boy needs some Prozac. (Roger) Or heavy drugs. (Mark) Or group hugs."

"(Collins) Which reminds me, we have a detour to make. Anyone who wants to can come along!"

"(Mark) First I've got a protest to save!"

"(Angel) Roger?"

"(Roger) I'm not much company you'll find."

"(Mark) Behave!"

"(Angel) Just catch up later, he's just got other things on his mind. You'll see boys, you'll see boys."

"(Collins) I like boys."

"(Angel) Boys like me."

"(All) We'll see."

"(Joanne) This is weird."

"(Mark) It's weird."

"(Joanne) Very weird."

"(Mark) Fucking weird."

"(Joanne) I'm so mad that I don't know what to do. Fighting with microphones, freezing down to my bones, and to top it all off, I'm with you."

"(Mark) Feel like going insane, got a fire in your brain, and you're thinking of drinking gasoline?"

"(Joanne) As a matter of fact..."

"(Mark) Honey, I know this act. It's called "The Tango: Maureen.""

"(Mark) The Tango: Maureen—it's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round. As she keeps you dangling, (Joanne) You're wrong. (Mark) Your heart she is mangling. (Joanne) It's different with me."

"(Mark) And you toss and you turn, 'cause her cold eyes can burn. Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound."

"(Joanne) Did you swoon when she walked through the door? (Mark) Every time! So be cautious. (Joanne) Did she moon over other boys?(Mark) More than moon! (Joanne) I'm getting nauseous."

"(Mark spoken)Where'd you learn to tango? (Joanne spoken)With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's. And you?"

"(Mark spoken) With Nanette Himmelfarb, the rabbi's daughter, at the Scarsdale Jewish Community Center."

"(Mark spoken)It's hard to do this backwards! (Joanne) You should try it in heels."

"(Joanne) She cheated! (Mark) She cheated! (Joanne) Maureen cheated! (Mark) Fucking cheated!"

"(Joanne) I'm defeated; I should give up right now."

"(Mark) Gotta look on the bright side with all of your might!"

"(Joanne) I'd fall for her still anyhow."

"(Mark and Joanne) When your dancing her dance, you don't stand a chance; her grip of romance makes you fall."

"(Mark) And you think, "Might as well... (Joanne) Dance a tango to hell!" (Mark) At least I'll have tangoed at all."

"(Roger)One song, Glory, One song, before I go, Glory, One song to leave behind. Find, One song, One last refrain, Glory, From the pretty boy front man, Who wasted opportunity, One song, he had the world at his feet, Glory, in the eyes of a young girl. A young girl. Find, glory, beyond the cheap colored lights. One song, before the sun sets. Glory, on another empty life, Time flies; time dies! Glory! One blaze of glory, One blaze of glory, Glory! Find glory in a song that rings true, Truth like a blazing fire, an eternal flame, Find one song, a song about love, Glory, from the soul of a young man, A young man, Find the one song, before the virus take hold, Glory, like a sunset, One song to redeem this, empty life. Time flies, and no need to endure anymore! Time dies!"

"(Roger) What'd you forget?"

"(Mimi) Got a light?"

"(Roger) I know you, you're... you're shivering."

"(Mimi) It's nothing; they turned off my heat, and I'm just a little weak on my feet. Would you light my candle? What are you staring at?"

"(Roger) Nothing. Your hair in the moonlight. Can you make it?"

"(Mimi) Just haven't eaten much today, at least the room's stopped spinning, anyway. What?"

"(Roger) Nothing. Your smile reminded me of... (Mimi) I always remind people of... who is she?"

"(Roger) She died. Her name was April."

"Mimi: Would you light my candle?"

"Roger: Oh, the wax, it's... Mimi: Dripping! I like it between my - Roger: Fingers! I figured. Oh well, good night."

"Mimi: They say I have the best ass below 14th Street. Is it true? Roger: What? Mimi: You're staring again. Roger: Oh no, I mean... you do, have a nice... I mean..."

"Roger: Cold hands. Mimi: Yours too. Big—like my father's. You wanna dance? Roger: With you? Mimi: No—with my father! Roger: I'm Roger. Mimi: They call me, they call me, Mimi."

"Gentlemen, our benefactor on this Christmas Eve, whose charity is only matched by talent, I believe. A new member of the Alphabet City Avant-Garde: Angel Dumott Schunard!"

"Angel: Today for you, tomorrow for me! Collins: And you should hear her beat! Mark: You earned this on the street?! Angel: It was my lucky day today on Avenue A, when a lady in a limousine drove my way. She said, "Darling, be a dear, haven't slept in a year, I need your help to make my neighbor's yappy dog disappear! This akita, Evita, just won't shut up! I believe if you play nonstop, that pup will breathe its very last high-strung breath! I'm certain that cur will bark itself to death!""

"Angel: We agreed on a fee, a thousand-dollar guarantee, tax-free—and a bonus, if I trimmed her tree. Now who could foretell that it would go so well? But sure as I am here that dog is now in doggie hell! After an hour, Evita, in all her glory, on the window ledge of that 23rd story, like Thelma and Louise did when they got the blues, swan dove into the Courtyard of the Gracie Mews."

"Angel: Then back on the street where I met my sweet, where he was moaning and groaning on the cold concrete, the nurse took him home for some mercurochrome, and I dressed his wounds and got him back on his feet."

"(Mimi is the only singer the entire song) What's the time? Well it's gotta be close to midnight. My body's talking to me: says "time for danger.""

"Wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt with a stanger."

"I've had a knack, from way back, of breaking the rules once I learn the game."

"We don't need any money, I can always get in for free. You can get in too, if you get in with me."

"Take me out tonight. Meow. HA!"

"When I get a wink for the doorman. Do you know how lucky you'll be? You're on line with a feline on Avenue B!"

"In the evening, I've got to roam. Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome. Feels to damn much like home, where the Spanish babies cry. So let's find a bar so dark we forget where we are. From all the scars from the nevers and maybes. Die!"

"Don't forsake me. Out tonight!"

"I'll let you make me! Out tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight!"

"(Roger) Who do you think you are? Barging in on me and my guitar. Little girl, hey! The door is that way! You better go you know the fires out anyway. Take your powder take your candle. You're a sweet whisper I just can't handle! And take your hair in the moonlight your brown eyes. Goodbye goodnight!"

"(Roger) I should tell you I should tell you. I should tell you I should tell you. I should tell you I should. No! Another time, another place. Our temperatures only rise. There'd be a long embrace. We'd do another dance it'd be another day. You want to prove me wrong? Come back another day. Another day!"

"(Mimi)There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last."

"(Mimi) Forget regret, or life is yours to miss."

"(Mimi) No other road, no other way, no day but today."

"(Mimi) I trust my soul. My only goal is just to be."

"(Mimi) Give in to love, or live in fear."

"(Roger) Excuse me if I'm off track, but if you're so wise, then tell me: Why do you need smack?"

"(Roger) Long ago, you might've lit up my heart. But the fire's dead, ain't never ever gonna start."

"The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease, if I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today."

"There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way, no day but today."

"Roger: The fire's out anyway. Group: No day but today. Roger: Take your powder, take your candle. Group: No day but today. Roger: Take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silhouette. Group: No day but today. Roger: Another time, another place, another rhyme, a warm embrace."

"So with a thousand sweet kisses I'll cover you."

"Oh lover, I'll cover you, ya ya ya ya ya ya, Oh lover, I'll cover you."

"Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes, five hundred, twenty-five thousand seasons of love."

"I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love. Now I know you can rent it. A new lease, you are my love. On life."

"I've longed to discover something as true as this is"

"Live in my house, I'll be your shelter, just pay me back with one thousand kisses. Be my lover, and I'll cover you."

"When your heart has expired"

"You'll be my king and I'll be your castle. No you be my queen and I'll be your moat."

"Open your door, I'll be your tenant. Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet. But sweet kisses I've got to spare, I'll be there and I'll cover you."

"The only way out is up. A leap of faith..."

"Last night I had a dream. I found myself in a desert called Cyberland. It was hot. My canteen had sprung a leak and I was thirsty. Out of the abyss walked a cow — Elsie. I asked if she had anything to drink. She said, "I'm forbidden to produce milk. In Cyberland, we only drink... Diet Coke.""

"I gotta get out of here! It's like I'm being tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck, being packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil, pushed over a cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse!"

"MOO! Moo with me. Please, sir, could you give me a little moo?" (off-stage man) "MOO!" "Yes. YES! MOO WITH ME!! YES!!! YES, IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL!! LET ME HEAR YOU, NEW YORK CITY!! MOO WITH ME!!"

"They make fun, yet I am the one attempting to do some good. Or do you really want a neighborhood where people piss on your stoop every night? Bohemia, bohemia's a fallacy in your head. This is Calcutta; Bohemia is dead."

"Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes. Here she lies. No one knew her worth; the late great daughter of Mother Earth on these nights (this night in the Broadway play) when we celebrate the birth in that little town of Bethlehem. We raise our glass, you bet your ass to La Vie Boheme."

"To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making something out of nothing, the need to express, to communicate. To going against the grain, going insane, going mad!"

"To riding your bikes miday past the three piece suits. To fruits to no absolutes to absolutes to choice to The Village Voice to any passing fad. To being an us for once. Instead of on them! La Vie Boheme!"

"To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese. To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo. To huevos rancheros, and Maya Angelou!"

"Emotion, devotion to causing a commotion. Creation, vacation... Mucho Masterbation."

"Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow to blow off Auntie Em!"

"Let he among us without sin be the first to condemn La Vie Bohème!"

"Bisexuals, trisexuals, Homo Sapiens, carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Peewee Herman, German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa, Carmina Burana, to apathy to entropy to empathy, ecstacy, Vaclàv Havel, The Sex Pistols, 8BC, to no shame never playin' the fame game...to marijuana! To sodomy, it's between God and me, to S&M. La Vie Boheme."

"TO DANCE! No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection, muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders! FILM! Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations, dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood, and sleaze! MUSIC! Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation, rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition! ANARCHY! Revolution, justice screaming for solutions, voicing changes, risk and danger, making noise and making pleas!"

"To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers, too. To me, to me, to you and you and you, you, and you. To people living with, living with, living with, NOT DYING from disease!"

"Anyone out of the mainstream; is anyone in the mainstream? Anyone alive with a sex drive! Tear down the wall; aren't we all? The opposite of war isn't peace — it's creation."

"Viva la vie boheme!"

"I couldn't crack the love code, dear, 'till you made the lock of my heart explode- it's gonna be a happy new year."

"Friendship is thicker than blood."

"I was a Boy Scout once and a Brownie, until some brat got scared."

"I think I should be laughing. Yet I forget. Forget how to begin. I'm feeling something inside. And yet I still I can't decide if I should hide or make a wide open grin."

"Rope! You can hoist a line. To the fire escape. And tie off that... that bench. I can't take them as chums. Start hoisting, wench."

"Last week, I wanted just to disappear. My life was dust. But now it just may be. A happy new year."

"Bond. James Bond. And Pussy Galore. In person. Pussy! You came prepared."

"Aha. Money penny. My martini. Will bad champagne do? Uh. That's shaken. Not stirred."

"Where's everyone else? Playing Spiderman."

"(Collins) You're drunk!"

"(Mark) Maureen! Stop! This is NOT my bar mitzvah!"

"Take me for what I am, who I was meant to be and if you give a damn, take me baby or leave me."

"A tiger in a cage can never see the sun. This diva needs her stage, baby, let's have fun!"

"No way, can I be what I'm not. But, hey, don't you want your girl hot?"

"'Cause every night who's in your bed?"

"There will always be women in rubber flirting with me!"

"Kiss pookie."

"So be wise, cause this girl satisfies. You got a prize that don't compromise — you're one lucky baby."

"Joanne: Take me for what I am... Maureen: A control freak! Joanne: Who I was meant to be... Maureen: A snob yet overattentive! Joanne: And if you give a damn... Maureen: A lovable droll geek! Joanne: Take me baby, or leave me! Maureen: And anal retentive!"

"Women- what is it about them? Can't live with them or without them."

"Guess I'm leaving — I'm gone."

"The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly without you."

"But I die without you."

"But I know blue, only blue, lonely blue, within me blue."

"The mind churns, the heart yearns, the tears dry without you."

"Life goes on, but I'm gone 'cause I die without you."

"You'll never share real love until you love yourself. I should know!"

"I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had — someone to live for, unafraid to say "I love you""

"Joanne: We used to have this fight each night! She never admit I existed! Mimi: He was the same way. He was always run away, hit the road, don't commit, you're full of shit!"

"You all said you'd be cool today, so please, for my sake! I can't believe he's gone; I can't believe you're going. I can't believe this family must die! Angel helped us believe in love. I can't believe you disagree! I can't believe this is goodbye."

"Roger: Mark's got his work, they say Mark lives for his work and Mark's in love with his work. Mark hides in his work. Mark: From what? Roger: Facing your failure, facing your loneliness, facing the fact you live a lie. Yes you live a lie! Tell you why! You're always preaching not to be numb, but that's how you thrive. You pretend to create and observe when you really detach from being alive! Mark: Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive! Roger: Poor baby!"

"You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees. You don't want to watch me die."

"I just came to say goodbye love. Goodbye love. Just came to say goodbye love. Goodbye. Just came to say goodbye love. Goodbye love. Goodbye love, hello disease."

"(Mark) Don't breathe do deep. Don't think all day. Dive into work. Drive the other way that drip of hurt. That pint of shame, goes away just play the game."

"(Mark) You're living in America. Leave your conscience at the tone. And when you're living in America at the end of the millennium. You're what you own."

"(Roger) The film maker cannot see (Mark) And the song writer cannot hear (Roger) Yet I see Mimi everywhere (Mark) Angel's voice is in my ear."

"(Roger) Just tighten those shoulder's *(Mark) Just clench your jaw till you frown. *(Roger and Mark) Just don't let go or you may frown."

"(Mark and Roger) You're living in America at the end of the millennium- you're living in America, where it's like the twilight zone."

"(Mark and Roger) What was it about that night? Connection in an isolating age. For once the shadows gave way to light. For once I didn't disengage."

"(Mark starts) Angel I hear you I hear it. I see it! I see it my film"

"And when you're dying in America at the end of the millennium. You're not alone. I'm not alone."

"How do you measure the life of a woman or man? In truth that she learned, or in times that he cried, in bridges he burned or the way that she died?"

"525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?"

"Gospel solo during chorus: Love is a gift from up above. Share love, give love, spread love, measure, measure your life in love."

"How do you measure a last year on Earth?"

"In diapers, report cards, in spoked wheels, in speeding tickets. In contracts, dollars, in funerals in births, in 525,600 minutes, how do you figure a last year on earth? Figure in love, figure in love, figure in love, measure in love. Seasons of love."

"Maureen [eulogizing at Angel's funeral]: You always said how lucky we were that we were all friends. But it was us baby, who were the lucky ones."

"No day but today."

"Mimi [quoting what Angel said to a skinhead the first time Angel and Mimi met]: I'm more of a man than you'll ever be, and more of a woman than you'll ever get."

"Mimi: Life's too short babe, time is flying, I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine."

"Mark: There are times when we're dirt broke, hungry, and freezing, and I ask myself, why the hell am I still living here? And then they call and I remember."

"Collins: Merry Christmas Bitches!"

"Give in to love or live in fear."

"Forget regret or life is yours to miss."

"Mark [eulogizing at Angel's funeral]: Then there was the time he walked up to this group of tourists and they were petrified because A) They were obviously lost, and B) Had probably never spoken to a drag queen before in their lives... and he... -she just offered to escort them out of Alphabet City, and then she let them take a picture with her and then she said she'd help them find the Circle Line."

"Mimi [after a near-death experience]: I jumped over the moon! A leap of- MOOOOOO!"

"Mark: "Has she ever pouted her lips and called you pookie?" Joanne: "Never!" ...[phone rings, Joanne picks up] Joanne: "Pookie?" [whispers] "You've never called me Pookie..""

"Collins: I think you should know that you just paid for the funeral of the person that killed your dog. Benny: I always hated that dog."

"Collins: Bond, James Bond. Angel: And Pussy Galore, in person! Mimi: Pussy, you came prepared! Angel: I was a Boy Scout once... and a Brownie. Until some brat got scared! Collins: Aha, Moneypenny- my martini! Mimi: Will bad champagne do? Collins: Mmhmm Roger: That's shaken, not stirred! Collins: Pussy, the bolts. Angel: Just say the word. Mimi: 2 minutes left to execute our plan. Collins: Where's everyone else? Roger: Playing Spiderman! Mark: Ironic close-up tight on the phone machine's red light. Once the Boho boys are gone, the power mysteriously turns on."

"Angel: Have compassion. Benny just lost his cat. Benny: My dog, but I appreciate that. Angel: My cat had a fall and I went through hell. Benny: Like losing a — How did you know she fell? Collins: Champagne? Benny: Don't mind if I do. To dogs! All but Benny: No Benny, to you!"

"Roger: You pretend to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive. Mark: Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive. Roger: Poor baby."

"Collins:I like boys!"

"Way, way back, many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began, Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, a fine example of a family man."

"Don't give up Joseph. Fight 'til you drop. We've read the book and you come out on top."

"Joseph's mother, she was quite my favorite wife; I never really loved another all my life. Joseph was my joy, because he reminded me of her."

"There's one less place at the table; there is one more tear in my eye!"

"Being told we're also-rans does not make us Joseph fans."

"There's one more angel in heaven, there's one more star in the sky. Joseph, the things that you stood for like truth and life, never die."

"Father, we've something to tell you, a story of our time; a tragic, but inspirin' tale, of manhood in its prime."

"Laurie Beechman - Narrator"

"Gordon Stanley - Jacob"

"Robert Hyman - Reuben"

"Kenneth Bryan - Simeon"

"Steve McNaughton - Levi"

"Charlie Serrano - Napthali"

"David Asher - Asher"

"James Rich - Dan"

"Doug Voet - Zebulon"

"Barry Tarallo - Gad"

"Phillip Carrubba - Benjamin"

"Stephen Hope - Judah"

"Bill Hutton - Joseph"

"David Ardao - Ismaelites"

"Tom Carder - Ismaelites"

"David Ardao - Potiphar"

"Randon Lo - Mrs. Potiphar"

"Kenneth Bryan - Butler"

"Barry Tarallo - Baker"

"Tom Carder - Pharaoh"

"Tim Rice - Lyrics"

"Andrew Lloyd Webber - Music"

"I am your angel of Music. Come to me, Angel of Music."

"Sing, my angel of Music! Sing for me!"

"And though you turn from me to glance behind, the Phantom of the Opera is there. Inside your mind."

"The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn."

"Wandering child, so lost, so helpless! Yearning for my guidance!"

"Angel of music, you denied me, turning from true beauty."

"No "buts"! for once, Monsieur le Vicomte is right."

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you. Anywhere you go let me go too. Christine, that's all I ask of —"

"Masquerade! Paper faces on parade. Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you."

"The world showed no compassion to me!"

"Past the point of no return, the final threshold. What warm unspoken secrets will we learn?"

"You alone can make my song take flight. Help me make the music of the night."

"Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest. Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight. I had rather hoped that you would come. And now, my wish comes true. You have truly made my night."

"A toad, Madam? Perhaps it is you who are the toad."

"You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you!"

"I gave you my music, made your song take wing, and now how you've repaid me: denied me and betrayed me."

"Why so silent, good messieurs? Did you think that I had left you for good? Have you missed me, good messieurs? I have written you an opera! Here I bring the finished score - Don Juan Triumphant! I advise you to comply; my instructions should be clear. Remember, there are worse things than a shattered chandelier."

"Carlotta must be taught to act, not her normal trick of strutting 'round the stage. Our Don Juan must lose some weight; it's not healthy in a man of Piangi's age. And my managers must learn that their place is in an office, not the arts. As for Miss Christine Daae...no doubt she'll do her best, it's true her voice is good. She knows, though, should she wish to excel, she has much still to learn, if pride will let her return to me, her teacher, her teacher..."

"Stranger than you dreamt it, can you even bear to look? Or dare to think of me... this loathsome gargoyle who burns in hell but secretly, secretly yearns for heaven, secretly... But Christine... Fear can turn to love. You'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster, this... repulsive carcass that seems a beast but secretly dreams of beauty... Oh, Christine..."

"Christine Daae has returned to you, and I am anxious her career should progress. In the new production of Il Muto, you will therefore cast Carlotta as the Pageboy, and put Miss Daae in the role of Countess. The role which Miss Daae plays calls for charm and appeal. The role of the Pageboy is silent, which makes my casting, in a word, ideal. [Spoken] I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five, which will be kept empty for me. Should these commands be ignored, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur."

"Monsieur, I bid you welcome. Did you think that I would harm her? Why would I make her pay for the sins which are yours! Order your fine horses now! Raise up your hand at the level of your eye! No one can save you now except perhaps Christine. Start a new life with me. Buy his freedom with your love. Refuse me and you send your lover to his death. This is the choice! This is the point of no return!"

"Either way you choose you cannot win."

"You alone can make my song take flight... It's over now - the music of the night."

"Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face! Hounded out by everyone, met with hatred everywhere, no kind word from anyone, no compassion anywhere! Christine, Christine! Why?...Why?"

"Down once more, to the dungeon of my black despair, down we plunge to the prison of my mind. Down that path into darkness, deep as hell!"

"That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood, has also denied me the joys of the flesh. This face, the infection which poisons our love...This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing. A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing. Pity comes too late! Turn around and face your fate - an eternity of this before your eyes!"

"A collector's piece, indeed. Every detail exactly as she said. She often spoke of you, my friend - your velvet lining and your figurine of lead. Will you still play when all the rest of us are dead?"

"Can it be? Can it be Christine? Bravo! What a change! You're really not a bit the gawkish girl that once you were... She may not remember me, but I remember her..."

"There is no Phantom of the Opera!"

"Once again she is his... Once again she returns... to the arms of her angel! Angel or demon? Still he calls her, luring her back from the grave! Angel, or dark seducer? Who are you, strange angel?"

"Christine... Christine, listen to me — whatever you may believe, this man, this thing is not your father! Let her go, for God's sake let her go! Christine!"

"We have all been blind, and yet the answer is staring us in the face. This could be the chance to ensnare our clever friend. We shall play his game, perform his work, but remember we hold the ace; for if Miss Daaé sings, he is certain to attend."

"So it is to be war between us. But this time, my clever friend, the disaster will be yours."

"You can't win her love by making her your prisoner"

"Let me be your shelter, let me be your light! You're safe - no one will find you. Your fears are far behind you!"

"For pity's sake, Christine, say no! Don't throw your life away for my sake!"

"I fought so hard to free you..."

"In sleep he sang to me; in dreams he came... that voice which calls to me and speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find the Phantom of the Opera is there, inside my mind!"

"Angel of music guide and guardian grant to me your glory!"

"No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years... Help me say goodbye."

"His eyes will find us there! Those eyes that burn! And if he has to kill 1,000 men, the Phantom of the Opera will kill and kill again."

"But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound. In that night, there was music in my mind. And through music my soul began to soar...and I heard, as I've never heard before."

"The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold and turn to tears of hate!"

"Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known? God give me courage to show you, you are not alone..."

"This haunted face holds no horror for me now. It's in your soul that the true distortion lies."

"Yet in his eyes...all the sadness of the world. Those pleading eyes that both threaten and adore..."

"Think of me, think of me fondly when we've said goodbye. Remember me, once in a while — please promise me you'll try."

"Here in this room, he calls me softly - somewhere inside, hiding... Somehow I know he's always with me, he the unseen genius!"

"No, what I love best," Lotte said, "is when I'm asleep in my bed and the Angel of Music sings songs in my head... the Angel of Music sings songs in my head..."

"Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?"

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime"

"His eyes will find me there, Those eyes that burn! And if he has to kill a thousand men, the Phantom of the Opera will kill and kill again! My God who is this man who hunts to kill? I can't escape from him, I never will. And in this labyrinth where night is blind the Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind"

"Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live? Can I betray the man who once inspired my voice? Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice? He kills without a thought, he murders all that's good. I know I can't refuse, and yet I wish I could. Oh, God, if I agree, what horrors wait for me in this, the Phantom's opera?"

"Angel or father, friend or phantom? Who is it there, staring...? Angel, oh, speak! What endless longing echo in this whisper?"

"Angel of Music .You deceived me .I gave my mind blindly."

"Raoul I've been there! To his world of unending light. To his world where the daylight dissolves into darkness, darkness. Raoul I've seen him! Can I ever forget that sight? Can I ever forget that face so badly deformed it was hardly face in that darkness"

"Order your fine horses, be with them at the door!"

"Those who speak of what they know, find too late that prudent silence is wise. Joseph Buquet, hold your tongue! He will burn you with the heat of his eyes!"

"Who scorn his words, beware to those. The Angel sees, the Angel knows."

"The world forgot him, but I never can, for in this darkness, I have seen him again."

"Messieurs, believe me! I intend you no ill, but messieurs, be careful, we have seen him kill!"

"I watched your face from the shadow distant through all the applause"

"I hear your voice in the darkness, yet the words aren't yours!"

"He's there the phantom of the opera!"

"Cat: Now imagine a sky... Jojo: I'll imagine bright blue... Cat: It's the jungle of Nool... Jojo: Near the river Waloo!"

"The defendant has been charged with talking to a speck, disturbing the peace, and loitering-- on an egg."

"I'll just have to save him, because after all, a person's a person, no matter how small."

"A person's a person, no matter how small.."

"On the fifteenth of May, Ms. Gertrude McFuzz discovered how truly unique Horton was. But she knew to approach him would probably fail, because who'd notice a bird with a one-feather tail?"

"I'm alone in the universe, so alone in the universe..."

"Hunches: And oh, the places you'll go! You're on your own, you know what you know, don't worry about how fast or how slow! Be certain you step with caution and tact, 'cause life is one great big balancing act! And will you succeed? You will, yes indeed! Jojo: 98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed!"

"Cause I have wings, yes I can fly. Around the moon and far beyond the sky."

"I have a picture of how it will be."

"On the day I do troubles will be through, and I'll be home with you."

"You're the biggest blame fool in the Jungle of Nool..."

"...on the other side of town, the Truffula trees were all cut down..."

"Oh the thinks you can think..."

"Tell yourself how lucky you are.."

"There's a faraway land, so the stories all tell, somewhere beyond the horizon. If we can find it then all will be well, troubles there are few. Someday we'll go to Solla Sollew."

"And if worse comes to worse, as we all know it will, thank your lucky stars you've gotten this far"

"...and as for your dust speck, that we will boil, boil, boil, in a hot steaming kettle of beezlenut oil!"

"Now, imagine a curtain and what lies behind; the kind of a place you might see in your mind... From the page to the stage, come along and enjoy — this tale of an elephant, a bird, and a boy!"

"JoJo:"I've got brains in my head and feet in my shoes!"

"Now that is a very unusual hat. I wonder what could be under a hat such as that? It might be the creature they call the Ga-Zat, who balances things on its head, cause it's flat. Or a pipe-loving pipester from upper mount bat. Or a sort of, kind of, hat-wearing... CAT!!!"

"After all of those years being stuck on a page, did you ever imagine you'd see me on stage? Now I'm here there's no telling what may ensue, with a cat such as me and a thinker like you!"

"Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another think there!"

"Cat - "the adventures were over. The sky became--""

"Jojo: Dear Mom and Dad, I'm thinking of you and wishing we were all in Solla Sollew."

"In short, she was growing pretty.And the shock so stunned and thrilled herThat she becameAlmost immediatelyIncurably insane."

"I know you prefer 'ab-duc-tion', but the proper word is 'rape'. It's short and businesslike."

"A group of living statues.What do they call it? A tableauHmm.I wonder if they can hold it.They'll try to, I suppose.And yet it won't be easyTo hold such a pretty pose."

"There is a curious paradoxThat no one can explain.Who understands the secretOf the reaping of the grain?Who understands why Spring is bornOut of Winter's laboring pain?Or why we all must die a bitBefore we grow again."

"Please, God, please - Don't let me be normal!"

"I'm going to take my clothes off and go swimming in a stream!"

"When the dance was done,When I went my way,When I tried to find rainbows far away,All the lovely lights seemed to fadeFrom view:They were you."

"I'm grown-up, stable,Willing to conform.I'm beyond such foolish notions.And yet—in spite of my knowledge—There is this girl."

"I was once in the navy. That's where I learned Horticulture."

"Son, you're an ass."

"Watch this."Friends, Romans, Countrymen...Screw your courage to the sticking place!And be not sick and pale with griefThat thou, her handmaidens,Should be far more fairThan she...Is...""

"Try to Remember, The Brothers Four (youtube)"

"Try To Remember, Harry Belafonte (youtube)"

"Wikipedia article Try to Remember"

"Every story, new or ancient, bagatelle or work of art: all are tales of human failing; all are tales of love at heart... --"Every Story is a Love Story""

"Perfection is such hard work to maintain, but worth the effort, don't you think?"

"Conversation? Wit? I am a doubter. Manners? Charm? They're no way to impress. So forget the inner me - observe the outer: I am what I wear and how I dress! -- "My Strongest Suit""

"They want a goddess and I'm just...human."

"Are you trying to get me drunk, Radames? You know it's not necessary."

"This should have been my time; It's over. It never began. -- "I Know the Truth""

"Nothing is an accident, we are free to have it all. We are what we want to be; it's in ourselves to rise or fall. -- "Fortune Favors the Brave""

"And who'd have thought I'd throw my world away to be with someone I'm afraid will say "Not me."...Not me. --"Not Me""

"I'm sorry for everything I've said and for anything I forgot to say too. When things get so complicated I stumble, at best, muddle through. I wish that our lives could be simple; I don't want the world: only you. I wish I could tell you this face to face, but there's never the time - never the place! So this letter will have to do; I love you. -- "Radames Letter""

"You are all I'll ever want, but this - I am denied. Sometimes in my darkest thoughts I wish I'd never learned what it is to be in love and have that love returned. -- "Written in the Stars""

"Evil's a distinctive smell. -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"I'm no chip off any block, i wouldn't wish those words on anyone -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"I've done wrong, I can't deny -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"If I have to search for a hundred lifetimes, I will find you again, Aida."

"[about Radames] What that man understands could be etched in a grain of sand."

"If you don't like your fate, change it. You are your own master, there are no shackles on you. So don't expect any pity or understanding from this humble palace slave! --"Enchantment Passing Through""

"I know expectations are wild and almost beyond my fullfillment, but they won't hear a word of a doubt or see signs of a weakness. My nigh on impossible duty is clear: If I can rekindle my ancestor's dreams, It's enough. -- "Dance of the Robe""

"[with Radames] We all lead such elaborate lives, we don't know who's words are true. Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives: hard to know who's loving who. -- "Elaborate Lives"."

"Nubia will never die! Whether we are enslaved or whether we are far from our native soil, Nubia lives in our hearts. And therefore, it lives."

"I'm here to tell you we can never meet again. Simple really, isn't it? A word or two and then a lifetime of not knowing where, or how, or why, or when you'll think of me, or speak of me, and wonder what befell that someone you once loved so long ago so well. -- "Written in the Stars""

"Is this how the Gods reward the faithful through the ages? Forcing us to prove that all the hardest things we've done are easy. -- "Easy as Life""

"You can't escape your genes -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"You're not the master of your fate -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"Once we rid him of this plight, once that harlot's out of sight, then I think he'll see the light. He won't walk back to daddy, he will run! -- "Like Father, Like Son""

"Eygpt needs me!"

"Soon our monarch will have filled a tomb, just like his fathers did -- "Another Pyramid""

"Put 5,000 slaves on standby, build another Pyramid -- "Another Pyramid""

"He's in love, but he's not the only one to be changed... --"Not Me""

"Princess Amneris - first in beauty, wisdom...and accessories"

"For years I've been stealing from the palace. I thought, one day, I could get back to Nubia, but if I can send my king home..."

"I would not have thought it possible that these Egyptians could give me one more reason to hate them!"

"I knew you would survive, that I had trained my daughter well. At least I would not let myself believe anything else (after being reunited with Aida)"

"We will all be going home, Mereb"

"Aida! Do not shame yourself, and me, with such witless sentiment! Do not tell me this Egyptian grieves for the Nubian men executed, the women ravaged, and the children taken into slavery. Any soft word you have given this Captain, any soft word, betrays the innocents who suffered at his hands and at the hands of every soldier he commands. You will cut this man from your heart!"

"[calling after Frank as he's walking away] Hey, mister...? Don't you like girls?"

"My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name. He signs his checks with "x's" But they cash them just the same."

"I'm quick on the trigger with targets not much bigger Than a pen point, I'm number one. But my score with a feller is lower than a cellar. Oh you can't get a man with a gun."

"But they don't by pajamas, for Pistol packin' mamas"

"They say that falling in love is wonderful. It's wonderful, so they say. And with a moon up above, it's wonderful. It's wonderful, so they tell me. I can't recall who said it. I know I never read it. I only know that falling in love is grand And the thing that's known as romance Is wonderful, wonderful, In every way, So they say."

"How I felt as I fell I just can't recall. But his arms held me fast As it broke the fall. And I said to my heart, As it foolishly kept jumping All around, I got lost, But look what I've found."

"A ceremony with a bishop who will tie the not and say, "Do you agree to love and honor?" Love and honor yes, but not obey."

"I want a wedding like the Vanderbilts had. Everything big, not small. If I can't have that kind of a wedding, I don't want to be married at all."

"Rumors fly and they often leave without, But you've come to the right place to find out. Ev'rything that you've heard is really so. I've been there once or twice and I should know. You'll find that falling in love is wonderful, It's wonderful, as they say."

"We'll have an old fashioned wedding, Blessed in the good old fashioned way. I'll vow to love you forever. You'll vow to love and honor and obey."

"There's no business like show business, Like no business I know. Everything about it is appealing, Everything the traffic will allow, No where could you have that happy feeling, When you aren't stealing that extra bow. There's no people like show people, They smile when they are low, Yesterday they told you you would not go far, That night you opened and there you are, Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star. Let's go on with the show!"

"(Proprietor) Hey, pal- feelin' blue? Don't know what to do? Hey, pal- I mean you- yeah. C'mere and kill a president. No job? Cupboard bare? one room, no one there? Hey, pal, don't despair- You wanna shoot a president? c'mon and shoot a president... Some guys Think they can be winners. First prize often goes to rank beginners."

"(Proprietor) Hey, kid, failed your test? Dream girl unimpressed? Show her you're the best. If you can shoot a president. You can get the prize With the big blue eyes, Skinny little thighs And those big blue eyes..."

"(Proprietor) Everybody's Got the right To be happy. Don't stay mad, Life's not as bad As it seems. If you keep your Goal in sight, You can climb to Any height. Everybody's Got the right To their dreams..."

"(Proprietor) Hey, fella, Feel like you're a failure? Bailiff on your tail? Your Wife run off for good? Hey, fella, fell misunderstood? C'mere and kill a president..."

"(Proprietor) What's-a wrong, boy? Boss-a treat you crummy? Trouble with your tummy? This-a bring you some relief. Here, give some hail-a to da chief-"

"(Proprietor) Everybody's Got the right To be different Even though At times they go To extremes. Aim for what you want a lot- Everybody Gets a shot. Everybody's Got a right To their dreams- Yo, baby! Looking for a thrill? The Ferris Wheel is that way. No, baby, This requires skill- Okay, you want to give it a try... Jeez, lady-! Give the guy some room! The bumper cars are that way.. Please, lady- Don't forget that guns can go boom..."

"(Booth) Everybody's Got the right To be happy. Say, "Enough!" It's not as tough As it seems. Don't be scared You won't prevail, Everybody's Free to fail, No one can be put in jail For their dreams."

"(Booth) Be a schoolar! (Proprietor) Make a dollar! (Together) Free Country! (Booth) Means they listen to you! (Proprietor) Scream and holler, (Booth) Grab em by the collar! Means you don't have to sit! (Proprietor) That's it! (Booth) Or put up with that shit!"

"(Assassins) Not the sun, but maybe one of it's beams, (Echoing) One of it's beams."

"(All) Rich man, poor man Black or white, pick your apple, Take a bite, Everybody Just hold tight To your dreams. Everybody's Got the right To their dreams..."

"(Balladeer) Someone tell the story, Someone sing the song. Every now and then The country Goes a little wrong. Every now and then A madman's Bound to come along. Doesn't stop the story- Story's pretty strong. Doesn't change the song..."

"(Balladeer) Johnny Booth was a handsome devil, Got up in his rings and fancy silks. Had him a temper but kept it level. Everybody called him Wilkes. Why did you do it, Johnny? Nobody agrees. You who had everything, What made you bring A nation to its knees? Some say it was your voice had gone, Some say it was booze. Some say you killed a country, John, Because of bad reviews."

"(Balladeer) Johnny lived with a grace and glitter. Kind of like the lives he lived on stage. Died in a barn in pain and bitter Twenty-seven years of age. Why did you do it, Johnny, Throw it all away? Why did you do it, boy, Not just destroy The pride and joy Of Illinois, But all the U.S.A.? Your brother made you jealous, John, You couldn't fill his shoes. Was that the reason, tell us, John- Along with bad reviews."

"(Booth spoken) An indictment. Of the former President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who is herein charged with the following high crimes and misdemeanors. (Balladeer) They say your ship was sinking John (Booth spoken) One: That you did ruthlessly provoke a war between the States, which cost some six hundred thousand of my countrymen their lives. Two: (Balladeer) You started missing cues. (Booth spoken) Two: You did silence you critics in the North by hurling them into prison without Benefit of charge or trial."

"(Balladeer) They say it wasn't Lincoln, John, (Booth spoken) Shut up. Three: (Balladeer) You merely had a slew of bad reviews! (Booth spoken) I said shut up!"

"(Balladeer) He said damn you Lincoln! You had your way! (Booth) Tell 'em boy! (Balladeer) With blood you drew out of blue and gray! (Booth) Tell 'em all! Tell 'em till they listen! (Balladeer) He said, damn you Lincoln and damn the day, you threw the U out of U.S.A!"

"(Balladeer) He said, (Booth) Hunt me down, smear my name. Say I did it for the fame, what I did was kill the man who killed my country! Now the Southland can end! Now this bloody war can end! Because someone slew the tyrant, just as Brutus slew the tyrant!"

"(Balladeer) He said (Together) Damn you Lincoln! You righteous whore! (Booth) Tell 'em, tell 'em what he did! (Balladeer) You turned your spite into civil war! (Booth) Tell 'em, tell 'em the truth! (Balladeer) And more!"

"(Booth) Tell 'em boy! Tell 'em how it happened! How the end doesn't mean that it's over! How surrender is not the end! Tell them: How the country is not what it was, Where there's blood in the clover, How the nation can never again be the hope that it was! How the bruises may never be healed, how the wounds are forever, How the How we gave up the field But we still wouldn't yield. How the union will never recover, from that vulgar! High and Mighty! Nigger lover! Never! never... never..."

"(Booth) Damn my soul if you must, Let my body turn to dust, Let it mingle with the ashes of the country. Let them curse me to hell, Leave it to history to tell: What I did, I did well, And I did it for my country. Let them cry, "dirty traitor!" They will understand it later- The country is not what it was"

"(Balladeer) Johnny Booth was a headstrong fellow, Even he believed the things he said. Some called him noble, some said yellow. What he was was off his head. How could you do it,Johnny, Calling it a cause? You left a legacy Of butchery And treason we Took eagerly, And thought you'd get applause. But traitors just get jeers and boos, Not visits to their graves,While Lincoln, who got mixed reviews, Because of you, John, now gets only raves. Damn, you Johnny, You paved the way For other madmen To make us pay. Lots of madmen Have had their say- But only for a day."

"(Baalladeer) Listen to the stories. Hear it in the songs. Angry men Don't write the rules And guns don't right the wrongs. Hurts a while, But soon the country's Back where it belongs, And that's the truth. Still and all, Damn you Booth"

"(Bystander #3) Then- He started to swear And he climbed on a chair, He was aiming a gun-I was standing right there- So I pushed it as hard as I could in the air, Which is how I saved Roosevelt!"

"(Zangara) No scare. You think that I care? No care. I look at the world- No good. No fair. Nowhere. When I am boy, No school. I work in a ditch, No chance. The smart and the rich Ride by, Don't give no glance. Ever since then, because of them, I have the sickness in the stomach, Which is the way I make my idea To go out and kill Roosevelt."

"(Zangara) First I was figure I kill Hoover, I get even for the Stomach. Only Hoover up in Washington. Is wintertime in Washington, Too cold for the stomach in Washington- I go down to Miami Kill Roosevelt."

"(Zangara) No laugh! No funny! Men with the money, they control everything. Roosevelt, Hoover- No make no difference. You think I care who I kill? I no care who I kill, Long as it's King!"

"(Zangara) You think I am left? No left, no right, No anything! Only American! Zangara have nothing, No luck, no girl, Zangara no smart, no school, But Zangara no foreign tool, American! American nothing!"

"(Zangara) And why there no photographers? For Zangara no photographers! Only capitalists get photographers!"

"(Bystanders) Right! Lucky (Zangara) No fair (Bystander) I was there! (Zangara) where! So what? (Bystander) I'm on the front page- Is that bizarre? (Zangara) No sorry! (Bystander) And all of those pictures, Like a star! (Zangara) And soon no (Bystander) Just lucky I was there!(Zangara) Zangara! (Bystander) We might have been left (Zangara) Who care? (Bystander) Bereft of F. (Zangara) Pull switch! No care, (Bystander) D. (Zangara) No more, No- (Bystanders) R."

"(Czolgosz) It takes a lot of men to make a gun, Hundreds, Many men to make a gun: Men in the mines To dig the iron, Men in the mills To forge the steel, Men at machines To turn the barrel, Mold the trigger, Shape the wheel- It takes a lot of men to make a gun... One gun"

"(Booth) And all you have to do Is move you little finger, Move your little finger and- You can change the world. Why should you be blue When You've you little finger? Prove how just a little finger Can change the world (Czolgosz) I hate this gun!"

"(Guiteu) What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile invention! First of all, when you've a gun- Everybody pays attention. When you think what must be done, Think of all that it can do: Remove a scoundrel, Unite a party, Preserve the Union, Promote the sales of my book, Insure my future, My niche in history, And then the world will see That I am not a man to overlook! Ha-ha"

"(Czolgosz Guiteu and Booth) And all you have to do Is squeeze your little finger. Ease your little finger back- You can change the world. Whatever else is true, You trust your little finger. Just a single little finger Can change the world"

"(Moore) I got this really great gun- shit, where is it? No, it's really great-Wait- shit, where is it? Anyway It's just a .38- But- It's a gun. You can make a statement- Wrong- With a gun- Even if you fail. It tells 'em who you are where you stand. This one was on sale. It- no not the shoe- Well, actually the shoe was, too. No, that's not it- shit, I had it here- Got i"

"(Czolgosz) A gun kills many men before it's done, Hundreds, Long before you shoot the gun: Men in the mines And in the steel mills, Men at machines, Who died for what? Something to buy- A watch, a shoe, a gun, A thing to make the bosses richer, But A gun claims many men before it's done... Just One More"

"(Balladeer) Czolgosz, Working man, Born in the middle of Michigan, Woke with a thought And away he ran To the Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo, In Buffalo. Saw of a sudden How things were run, Said, "Time's a-wasting It's nineteen-one. Some men have everything And some have none, So rise and shine- In the U.S.A. You can work your way To the head of the line!""

"(Balladeer) Czolgosz, Quiet man, Worked out a quiet And simple plan, Strolled of a morning All spick and span, To the Temple Of Music By the Tower Of Light At the Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo, In Buffalo. Saw Bill McKinley there In the sun. Heard Bill McKinley say, "Folks, have fun! Some men have everything And some have none, But that's just fine: in the U.S.A. You can work your way To the head of the line"

"(Balladeer) Czolgosz, Angry man, Said, "I will do what A poor man can. Yes, and there's nowhere More fitting than In the Temple Of Music By the Tower Of Light Between the Fountain Of Abundance And the Court of Lilies At the great Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo, In Buffalo. Wrapped him a handkerchief "round his gun, Said, "Nothin' wrong about What I done. Some men have everything And some have none- That's by design. The idea wasn't mine alone, But mine, And that's the sign: In the U.S.A. You can have your say, You can set you goals And seize the day, You've been given the freedom To work your way To the head of the line- To the head of the line!""

"(Hinckley) I am nothing, You are wind and water and sky, Jodie. Tell me, Jodie, How I can earn you love. I would swim oceans, I would move mountains, I would do anything for you. What do you want me to do? I am unworthy of your love, Jodie, Jodie, Let me prove worthy of you love. Tell me how I can earn your love, Set me free. How can I turn your love To me?"

"(Fromme) I am nothing, You are wind and devil and God, Charlie, Take my blood and my body For your love. Let me feel fire, Let me drink poison, Tell me to tear my heart in two, If that's what you want me to do... I am unworthy of you love, Charlie darlin', I have done nothing for your love. Let me be worthy of your love, Set me free-"

"(Hinckley) I would come take you from your life... (Fromme) I would some take you from your cell... (Hinckley) You would be queen to me, not wife...(Fromme) I would crawl belly deep through hell... (Hinckley) Baby, I'd die for you... (Fromme) Baby, I'd die for you... (Hinckley) Even though- (Fromme) Even though-"

"(Hinckley) I will always know: (Fromme) I will always know: (Hinckley) I am unworthy of (Fromme) I am unworthy of (Hinckley) Your love, (Fromme) Your love, (Hinckley) Jodie darlin', [FROMME] Charlie darlin', (Both) Let me worthy of your love. I'll find a way to earn your love, Wait and see. Then you will turn your love to me, Your love to me..."

"(Guiteau) I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad. I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad. I am going to the Lordy, Glory Hallelujah! Glory Hallelujah! I am going to the Lordy"

"(Balladeer) Come all ye Christians, And hear from sinner: Charlie Guiteau. Bound and determined He'd wind up a winner, Charlie had dreams That he wouldn't let go. Said, "Nothing to it, I want it, I'll do it, I'm Charles J. Guiteau." Charlie Guiteau Never said "Never" Or heard the word "No." Faced with disaster, His heart would beat faster, His smile would just grow, And he'd say"

"(Guiteau) Look on the bright side, Look on the bright side, Sit on the right side Of the lord. This is the land of Opportunity, He is your lightning, You his sword. Wait till you see tomorrow, Tomorrow you'll get you reward! You can be sad Or you can be President- Look on the bright side... I am going to the Lordy..."

"(Balladeer) Charlie Guiteau Drew a crowd to his trial, Led them in prayer, Said, "I killed Garfield, I'll make no denial. I was just acting for someone up there. The Lord's my employer, And now He's my lawyer, So do what you dare." Charlie said, "Hell, If I am guilty, Then God is as well." But God was acquitted And Charlie committed Until he should hang. Still, he sang:"

"(Guiteau) Look on the bright side, Not on the black side. Get off your backside, Shine those shoes! This is your golden Opportunity: You are the lightning And you're news! Wait till you see tomorrow, Tomorrow you won't be ignored! You could be pardoned, You could be President- Look on the bright side... I am going to the Lordy..."

"(Balladeer) Charlie Guiteau Had a crowd at the scaffold- (Guiteau) I am so glad... (Balladeer)) -Filled up the square, Some many people That tickets were raffled. Shine on his shoes Charlie mounted the stair, Said, "Never sorrow, Just wait till tomorrow, Today isn't fair. Don't despair...""

"(Guiteau) Look on the bright side, Look on the bright side, Sit on the right side... Of the... I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad! I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad! I have unified my party, I have saved my country. I shall be remembered! I am going to the Lordy..."

"(Balladeer) Look on the bright side, Not on the sad side, Inside the bad side Something's good! This is you golden Opportunity: You've been a preacher- (Guiteau) Yes, I have! (Balladeer) You've been an author- (Guiteau) Yes, I have! (Balladeer) You've been a killer- (Guiteau) Yes, I have! (Balladeer) You could be an angel_ (Guiteau) Yes, I could! (Balladeer) Just wait until tomorrow, (Guiteau) Tomorrow they'll all climb aboard! (Balladeer) What if you never Got to be President? You'll be remembered- (Guiteau)Look on the bright side- (Balladeer) Trust in tomorrow- (Both) And the Lord!"

"(CzoIgosz everyone speaking) I did it because it was wrong for one man to have so much service when other men have none... (Booth) I did it to bring down the government of Abraham Lincoln and to avenge the ravaged South... (Hinckley) I did it to prove to her my everlasting love... (Fromme) I did it to make them listen to Charlie... (Zangara) I did it 'cause my belly was on fire... (Guiteau) I did it to preserve the Union and promote the sale of my book... (Moore) I did it so my friends would know where I was coming from..."

"(Byck sung) Where's my prize? (Czolgosz spoken) I did it because no one cared about the poor man's pain... (Moore spoken)I did it so I'd know where I was coming from... (Byck) I want my prize... (Zangara spoken)I did it 'cause the bosses made my belly burn... (Hinckley spoken)I did it so she'd pay attention... (Moore spoken) So I'd have someplace to come from, and someplace to go... (Byck) Don't I get a prize? (Guiteau spoken) I did it 'cause they said I'd be Ambassador to France... (Booth) I did it so they'd suffer in the North the way we'd suffered in the South..."

"(Byck) I deserve a fucking prize!... (Fromme spoken) I did it so there'd be a trial, and Charlie would get to be a witness, and he'd be on TV, and he'd save the world!... (Guiteau) Where's my prize? (Byck spoken) I did it to make people listen. (Czolgosz and Fromme) They promised me a prize... (Hinckley yelling) Because she wouldn't take my phone calls- (All assassins (Except Zangara))What about my prize? (Zangara yelling) Because nothing stopped the fire-! (All Assassins (Except Byck)) I want my prize!... (Byck yelling) Nobody would listen!"

"(Balladeer) And it didn't mean a nickel, You just shed a little blood, And a lot of people shed a lot of tears. Yes, you made a little moment And you stirred a little mud- But it didn't fix the stomach And you've drunk your final Bud, And it didn't help the workers And it didn't heal the country And it didn't make them listen And they never said, "We're Sorry"-"

"(Byck) Yeah, it's never gonna happen, Is it? No, sir- (Czolgosz) Never. (Byck) No, we're never gonna get the prize- (Fromme) No one listens... (Byck) -Are we? (Zangara) Never (Byck) No, it doesn't make a bit of difference, Does it? (Assassins) Didn't. Ever. (Byck) Fuck it! (Assassins) Spread the word... Where's my prize?..."

"(Balladeer) I just heard On the news Where the mailman won the lottery. Goes to show: When you lose, what you do is try again. You can be What you choose, From a mailman to a president. There are prizes all around you, If you're wise enough to see: The delivery boy's on Wall Street, And the the usherette's a rock star-"

"(Byck)Right, it's never gonna happen, is it? Is it! (Hinckley and Fromme) No, man! (Byck and Czolgosz) No, we'll never see the day arrive- (Assassins) Spread the word... Will we? No, sir-Never! No one's ever even gonna care if we're alive, Are they?... Never... Spread the word... We're alive... Someone's gonna listen... Listen!"

"(Byck) Listen... There's another national anthem playing, Not the one you cheer At the ballpark. (Moore) Where's my prize?... (Byck)It's the other national anthem, saying, If you want to hear- It says, "Bullshit!"... (Czolgosz) It says, "Never!"- (Guiteau) It says, "Sorry!"- (Assassin) Loud and clear-"

"(Assassins) It says: Listen To the tune that keeps sounding In the distance, on the outside, Coming through the ground, To the hearts that go on pounding To the sound Getting louder every year- Listen to the sound... Take a look around... We're the other national anthem, folks, The ones that can't get in. To the ballpark. Spread the word... There's another national anthem, folks, For those who never win, For the suckers, for the pikers, For the ones who might have been..."

"(Balladeer) There are those who love regretting, There are those who like extremes, There are those who thrive on chaos And despair. There are those who keep forgetting How the country's built on dreams- (Assassins) People listen... (Balladeer) -And the mailman won the lottery- (Assassins) They might not want to hear it, But they listen, Once they think it's gonna stop the game... (Balladeer) -And the usherette's a rock star. (Assassins) No, they may not understand All the words, All the same They hear the music... They hear the screams... (Balladeer) I've got news- (Assassins) They hear the sobs, They hear the drums... (Balladeer) -You forgot about the country- (Assassins) The muffled drums, The muffled dreams... (Balladeer) -So it's now forgotten you- (Assassins) And they rise..."

"(Byck spoken) You know why I did it? Because there isn't any Santa Claus! (Assassins) Where's my prize? (Balladeer) And you forgot- (Assassins) What's my prize? (Balladeer) -How quick it heals- (Assassins) Promises and lies... (Balladeer) -That it's a place Where you can make the lies come true- (Assassins) Spread the word... (Balladeer) -If you try- (Assassins) Gotta spread the word... (Balladeer) -That's all you have to do- (Assassins) Right, All you have to do..."

"(Assassins) Well, there's another national anthem, And I think it just began In the ballpark. Listen hard... Like the other national anthem Say to each and every fan: If you can't do what you want to, Then you do the things you can. You've got to try again! Like they say, You've go to keep on trying Every day Until you get a prize... Until you get a prize... Until you're heard... Mustn't get discouraged... Spread the word... Mustn't give up hope... Up to you- Don't say--What you choose... -It's never gonna happen... Spread the word... (All) You can always get a prize..."

"(Booth) You can always get your dream..."

"(Byck) Sure, the mailman won the lottery..."

"Everybody's got the right to be happy, don't stay mad, life's not as bad as it seems! If you keep your goal in sight, you can climb to any height, anybody's got the right to their dreams.." - "Everybody's Got the Right""

"Everybody's got the right to some sunshine! Not the sun, but maybe one of its beams! - Everybody's Got the Right"

"Everybody's got the right to their dreams! - Everybody's Got the Right"

"What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile invention! First of all, when you've a gun-Everybody pays attention. When you think what must be done, Think of all that it can do: Remove a scoundrel, Unite a party, preserve the Union, Promote the sales of my book, Ensure my future, My niche in history, And then the world will see That I am not a man to overlook!" - Guiteau, "The Gun Song"

"A gun claims many men before it's done. - Czolgosz, "The Gun Song"

"You know [Brutus'] name. Brutus assassinated Caesar what, 2000 years ago, and here's a high school dropout with a dollar-twenty-five an hour job from Dallas, Texas who knows who he was. And they say fame, is fleeting. - John Wilkes Booth, "November 22, 1963""

"Angry men don't write the rules, and guns don't right the wrongs." - "The Ballad of Booth""

"Hunt me Down, Smear my name, Say I did it for the fame what I did was kill the man who killed my country"-John Wilkes Booth, "The Ballad of Booth"

""Let them curse me to hell,"

"Look on the bright side, look on the bright side, sit on the right side of the lord--this is the land of opportunity; he is your lightning, you his sword!-Guiteau, The Ballad of Guiteau"

"Byck: Have it your way, have it your way! You know what my way is? Hot. How's about a hamburger that's fuckin' hot!? [throws his burger out the window; a car honks] Hey don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts!"

"John Wilkes Booth: Sic Semper Tyrannis! [Echoes throughout the theater]."

"Emma Goldman: What does a man do when before his eyes, he sees the vision of a new hope dawning on his toiling, agonizing brothers? What does a man do, when at last he is realizes that his suffering is caused not by cruelty of fate, but by the injustice of his fellow human being? What does a man do when he sees those dear to him starving, when he himself is starved? What does he do? What does he do? What--[sound of whistles, shouts, curses, chairs being turned over.]"

"Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles belong where they can fly I've got to be where my spirit can run free Gotta find my corner of the sky. ["Corner of the Sky"]"

"[to Lewis] I'm only shocked that you're interested in women now."

"GLORY'S IN THE AIR! GLORY'S IN THE AIR! AND WHAT AM I DOING? I'm running around on a dark stage like an idiot."

"...and time weaves ribbons of memories, to sweeten life when youth is through. But I would need no memories there, if I could share my life with you. ["With You, Part I"]"

"Everything has its season, everything has its time. Show me the reason and I'll soon show you the rhyme! Cats sit on the window sill, children play in the snow.Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go...? ["Corner of the Sky"]"

"(about Lewis) Yes, He's a real straightstander"

"I thought there'd be more plumes."

"Lewis is strong. Lewis loves fighting. Lewis loves wrestling. But most of all, Lewis loves Lewis."

"Sweet summer evenings, sapphire skies, feasting your belly, feasting your eyes. Simple joys have a simple voice that says time is living's prize. And wouldn't you rather be a left-handed flea, a crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea, a newt on the root of a banyan tree, a fig on twig in Galilee, than a man who never learns how to be free? ["Simple Joys"]"

"When he does it, it's just a trick. But when you do it, it'll be for real."

"And then it happened. Suddenly, shamelessly, and without warning, as it must in all musical comedies, they were struck by... a love song."

"[To Pippin, after Catherine annoys him again:] Woman...it's easier to keep chickens. (Translated from the Dutch version)"

"Think about the sun, Pippin. Think about her golden glance. How she lights the world up! Well...now it's your chance."

"With the guardian of splendor, Inviting you to dance. Pippin, think about the sun..."

"Of course not now you Idiot!"

"Ladies and gentleman, we apologize sincerely for not giving you the finale we promised. it seems our...extraordinary young gentleman has decided to...compromise his aspiration. But i know there are many of you out there, waiting to perform that one perfect act...Our Grande Finale! If you decide to do so, we'll be there...waiting...anytime you want us...why, we're right inside your heads...and we promise you Sets! Lights! Costumes! and short...but spectacular career!"

"Get your damn hands off the Keyboard!"

"Over the dam! Water flows...over the dam."

"Easy, baby!"

"Our grand finale justly famous throughout the civilized world!"

"[After being resurrected from Pippin killing him] That's okay, son. Just don't let it happen again."

"Sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I'm getting is worth the fornicating I'm getting."

"[On Lewis:] Why do I always get nauseous when he calls me "Father"? (Fosse version only)"

"Your brother Lewis is an ideal soldier: he is strong and stupid."

"Lewis... is an asshole."

"Berthe: Men and their wars... Sometimes I think men raise flags when they can't get anything else up!"

"Lewis: [running off stage] Ha! Visigoths!"

"Fastrada: [to the audience] I'm just an ordinary housewife and mother, just like all you housewives and mothers out there."

"Player: [Trying to convince Pippin to commit suicide] Think about the word of mouth!"

"Beggar: Up thine, Sire!"

"Every road has its turning, / That's the way you keep learning."

"One day, we'll come back, / by the rooftop and hang a plaque: / "This is where we began / being what we can.""

"The worst vice in this world is advice, so I don't give any. - Franklin Shepard"

"Friendship is like a garden: you have to water it, and tend it, and care about it. - Charles Kringus"

"I'm dancin' like a monkey!"

"We are what we are and what we are is an illusion. We love how it feels Putting on heels causing confusion."

"If beauty is skin deep, why are people?"

"I shall impersonate a man. His name is Alonso Quijana, a country squire no longer young. Being retired, he has much time for books. He studies them from morn till night and often through the night and morn again, and all he reads oppresses him; fills him with indignation at man's murderous ways toward man. He ponders the problem of how to make better a world where evil brings profit and virtue none at all; where fraud and deceit are mingled with truth and sincerity. He broods and broods and broods and broods and finally his brains dry up. He lays down the melancholy burden of sanity and conceives the strangest project ever imagined.... to become a knight-errant, and sally forth into the world in search of adventures; to mount a crusade; to raise up the weak and those in need. No longer will he be plain Alonso Quijana, but a dauntless knight known as Don Quixote de La Mancha."

"I am Don Quixote! The Man of La Mancha!"

"I come in a world of iron to make a world of gold."

"The mission of each true knight, his duty — nay — his privilege… To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go. To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star."

"This is my quest — To follow that star No matter how hopeless no matter how far. To fight for the right Without question or pause To be willing to march into Hell For a heavenly cause."

"And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest."

"And the world will be better for this That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star."

"I have lived nearly fifty years, and I have seen life as it is. Pain, misery, hunger ... cruelty beyond belief. I have heard the singing from taverns and the moans from bundles of filth on the streets. I have been a soldier and seen my comrades fall in battle ... or die more slowly under the lash in Africa. I have held them in my arms at the final moment. These were men who saw life as it is, yet they died despairing. No glory, no gallant last words ... only their eyes filled with confusion, whimpering the question, "Why?" I do not think they asked why they were dying, but why they had lived. When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. To seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!"

"The world's a dungheap and we are maggots that crawl on it!"

"You spoke to me and everything was different … and you looked at me, and you called me by another name … Dulcinea."

"You spoke of a dream, and about the quest … how you must fight — and it doesn't matter if you win or lose — if only you follow the quest."

"To bear with unbearable sorrow." You must remember! — "To run where the brave dare not go!"

"Think while you still have me. Move, while you still see me 'cause you'll be lost, you'll be sorry when I'm gone!"

"Sing me your songs, but not for me alone. Sing out for yourselves, for you are blessed. There is not one of you who cannot win the kingdom: the slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead."

"Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all."

"To conquer death you only have to die."

"The end is just a little harder, when brought about by friends."

"This is my blood you drink. This is my body you eat."

"One of you denies me, one of you betrays me."

"Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die. You're far too keen on where and how, but not so hot on why. Alright, I'll die! Just watch me die! See how I die!"

"God, thy will is hard but you hold every card. I will drink your cup of poison. Nail me to your cross and break me. Bleed me, beat me, kill me. Take me now before I change my mind."

"Judas, must you betray me with a kiss?"

"You have nothing in your hands. Any power you have comes to you from far beyond. Everything is fixed, and you can't change it."

"It is finished. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit!"

"Jesus! You started to believe the things they say of you. You really do believe this talk of god is true! And all the good you've done will soon get swept away. You've begun to matter more than the things you say."

"You have set them all on fire. They think they've found the new Messiah. And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong."

"All your followers are blind. Too much heaven on their minds."

"People who are hungry, people who are starving, they matter more than your feet and hair!"

"I have no thought at all about my own reward. I really didn't come here of my own accord. Just don't say I'm damned for all time!"

"Jesus: And that's not all I see. One of you here dining, one of my twelve chosen will leave to betray me!"

"You sad, pathetic man. See where you've brought us to. Our ideals die around us, and all because of you! But now the saddest part of all, is someone has to turn you in like a common criminal, like a wounded animal. A jaded mandarin."

"Christ, I know you can't hear me, but I only did what you wanted me to. Christ, I'd sell out the nation, for I have been saddled with the murder of you. I have been spattered with innocent blood. I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud."

"I don't know how to love him. I don't know why he moves me. He's a man. He's just a man. He is not a king, he is just the same as anyone I know. He scares me so! When he's cold and dead, will he let me be? Does he love...does he love me too? Does he care for me?"

"My mind is darkness now. My God, I'm sick. I've been used, and you knew, all the time. God, I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime, your foul, bloody crime. You have murdered me!"

"Every time I look at you I don't understand why you let the things you did get so out of hand. You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned. Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation. Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication."

"Tell me what you think about your friends at the top. Who'd you think besides yourself was the pick of the crop? Buddha, was he where it's at? Is he where you are? Could Mohammed move a mountain or was that just PR? Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or did you know your messy death would be a record-breaker?"

"You've got the wrong man lady, I don't know him. And I wasn't where he was tonight, never near the place."

"I had to do it, don't you see? Or else they'd go for me."

"There must be over fifty thousand screaming love and more for you. Everyone of fifty thousand would do whatever you ask him to do. Keep them yelling their devotion, but add a touch of hate at Rome. You will rise to a greater power. We will win ourselves a home! You'll get the power and the glory, for ever and ever and ever!"

"Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you, oh. Don't you know everything's alright, yes, everything's fine."

"Should I bring him down? Should I scream and shout? Should I speak of love, let my feelings out? I never thought I'd come to this. What's it all about?"

"I don't know how to love him, I don't see why he moves me, he's just a man, just any man."

"It's what he told us you would do. I wonder how he knew?"

"One thing I'll say for him, Jesus is cool."

"I see bad things arising: the crowd crown him king which the Romans would ban. I see blood and destruction, our elimination because of one man."

"Fools, you have no perception! The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high. We must crush him completely, so like John before him this Jesus must die."

"Think of the things you could do with that money: choose any charity, give to the poor. We've noted your motives. We've noted your feelings. This isn't blood money. It's a fee, nothing more."

"A trick or two with the lepers and the whole town's on its feet."

"Cut the protesting. Forget the excuses. We want information. Get up off the floor."

"Then I saw thousands of millions crying for this man. And then I heard them mentioning my name, and leaving me the blame."

"Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway? Who is this unfortunate?"

"Ah, so this is Jesus Christ. I am really quite surprised. You look so small...not a king at all."

"Well this is new: respect for Caesar? 'Til now this has been noticeably lacking. Who is this Jesus? Why is he different? You Jews produce messiahs by the sackful!"

"You hypocrites! You hate us more than him!"

"Where are you from, Jesus? What do you want, Jesus? Tell me. You've got to be careful. You could be dead soon, could well be. Why do you not speak when I hold your life in my hands? How can you stay quiet? I don't believe you understand!"

"Don't let me stop your great self-destruction! Die if you want to, you misguided martyr! I wash my hands of your demolition. Die if you want to, you innocent puppet!"

"Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard! While we're in the mood Cold jelly and custard! Pease pudding and saveloys, what next, is the question? Rich gentlemen have it, boys: In-di-gestion!"

"In this life, one thing counts In the bank, large amounts I'm afraid these don't grow on trees, You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys, You've got to pick-a-pocket or two."

"Would you climb a hill? - Anything Wear a daffodil? - Anything Leave me all your will? - Anything Even fight my Bill? - What fisticuffs?!"

"As long as he needs me. Oh yes, he does need me. In spite of what you see, I'm sure that he needs me."

"Oliver Twist: Please sir, can I have some more?"

"Fagin: Shut up and drink your gin!"

"Noah Claypole: He's sitting on Oliver."

"Sowerberry: Quite right, we must all sit on Oliver."

"Swing your razor wide, Sweeney! Hold it to the skies! Freely flows the blood of those Who moralize!"

"There was a barber and his wife And she was beautiful A foolish barber and his wife She was his reason and his life And she was beautiful And she was virtuous And he was... naïve"

"Do they think that walls can hide you even when I'm at your window I am in the dark beside you buried sweetly in your yellow hair."

""The Blood of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanseth Us from All Sins." - Inscription"

"At last! My right arm is complete again!"

"I want you bleeders."

"No! Not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd. And he will have his revenge."

"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you're left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering."

"A man can't turn tail and run just because a little personal risk is involved. What did Shakespeare say? 'Cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave man... only 500'?"

"It means, that America has finally produced a genius who can play the minute waltz in 50 seconds!"

"Never allow the demands of tomorrow to interfere with the pleasure and excitement of today."

"Zaneeta Shinn: 'It's Capulets like you that make blood in the market place!' Ye Gawds!"

"Mayor Shinn: You watch your phraseology!"

"Mayor Shinn: I can't believe I almost missed this opportunity!" [Short Pause] Wait a minute... I haven't got any son!"

"And although the newspapers called the shooting the Crime of the Century, Goldman knew it was only 1906" "...and there were 94 years to go!" "Wheee..."

"But what of the people who stay where they're put, Planted like flowers with roots underfoot? I know some of those people have hearts that would rather Go journeying on the sea."

"There was a time Our happiness seemed never-ending I was so sure That where we were heading was right Life was a road So certain and straight and unbending Our little road With never a cross road in sight Back in the days When we spoke in civilized voices Women in white And sturdy young men at the oar Back in the days When I let you make all my choices... We can never go back to before"

"Two men finding, for a moment, in the darkness, They're the same."

"You and your music, singing deep within me, making nice to me, saying something so new. Play that melody, your sweet melody, calling my heart to you."

"He wanted to say, I am sick of the injustices. He wanted to say, give me something to believe! In my sould I am your brother, we are bound to one another, angered by the darkness in light, and the lies we perceive."

"And her words rang out like arrows and they pierced him. He felt flushed and overheated as a boy as she filled and overwhelmed him with a fierce and sudden joy!"

"This is not the America he came here for. None of us did. None of us!"

"In the gutters of the city I have tried to find some meaning In the arms of fallen women In the thought of suicide Like a firework, unexploded, Wanting life but never knowing how..."

"And say to those who blame us for the way we chose to fight That sometimes there are battles that are more than black or white And Icould not put down my sword when justice was my right."

"There are people out there Unafraid of revealing That they might have a feeling Or they might have been wrong There are people out there Unafraid to feel sorrow Unafraid of tomorrow Unafraid to be weak.. Unafraid to be strong!"

"With guns and dynamite, you are destroying everything I have fought for, sir."

"Your situation is hopeless. And you will be responsible for the death of these young men."

"You can't change your demands. You are betraying us. You said we would all go free or we all would die!"

"Then they will see me come out with my hands raised, and no further harm will come to any man from Coalhouse Walker, Jr."

""Your sword can be a sermon or the power of the pen" - Colehouse Walker Jr. (Make Them Hear You)"

""Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I got a beautiful feeling everything's going my way" - Curly"

""He told me they were the cats with the softest fur on their tails!" - Ado Annie on why the peddler was comparing her to a persian cat."

""I cain't say no!" - Ado Annie"

""Shoot things!" - Judd Fry"

""I don't say I'm no better than anybody else, but I'll be darned if I aint just as good" - Aunt Eller"

""Pore Jud is Daid." - Curly"

""We don't got no cow ponies. The oat crop is done spoke fer." - Jud"

""I'll give an imitation of a crawfish; and dig myself a hole where I can hide." - Ado Annie"

"Little Sally: "(Say Officer Lockstock, is this where you tell the audience about the water shortage?)" Officer Lockstock: "What's that Little Sally?" LS: "You know, the water shortage. The hard times. The drought. A shortage so awful that private toilets eventually became unthinkable. A premise so absurd that. . ." OL: "Whoa, there Little Sally. Not all at once. They'll hear more about the water shortage in the next scene." LS: "Oh, I guess you don't want to overload them with too much exposition, huh." OL: "Everything in its time, Little Sally. You're too young to understand it now, but nothing can kill a show like too much exposition." LS: "How about bad subject matter?" OL: "Well-" LS: "Or a bad title, even? That could kill a show pretty good." OL: "Well Little Sally, suffice it to say that in Urinetown (the musical) everyone has to use public bathrooms in order to take care of their private business."

"Pennywise: I am her mother. All:[Gasp]. Pennywise: And she is my daughter!. All: [Bigger Gasp]."

"Old Man Strong: Bobby! Bobby, reason with the woman. I'm a little short this morning. Tiny Tom: No shorter than yesterday. Unless I've grown."

"Hope: "Gosh, Daddy, I never realized large, monopolizing corporations could be such a force for good in the world!" Mr. Cladwell: "Few do.""

"Hope: "Do you think you'd be feeling as bad as you do if you didn't have a heart?" Bobby: "I don't know. I suppose not." Hope: "Of course you wouldn't. Because then you'd be dead!""

"Mr. Cladwell: [to Hope] "Don't be the bunny!""

"Senator Fipp: "You're a good girl, Hope. I used to be one, before your father got to me." Hope: "You were a good girl?" Senator Fipp: "You heard me.""

"Bobby: "We will look into the faces of our fellow man and see not only a brother, (To Tiny Tom) But a sister as well." Tiny Tom:"What's that supposed to mean?""

"Mr. McQueen: "Ms. Cladwell! What an unexpected surprise!" Hope: "Is there any other kind?""

"Jamie: If you had a tattoo, that wouldn't matter If you had a shaved head, that would be cool If you came from Spain or Japan Or the back of a van Just as long as you're not from Hebrew school"

"Cathy: No, Jamie, you do not have to go to another party With the same twenty jerks you already know You can stay with your wife on her fucking birthday And you could, God forbid, even see my show"

"Jamie: Some people analyze every detail Some people stall when they can't see the trail Some people freeze out of fear that they'll fail But I keep rolling on Some people can't get success with their art Some people never feel love in their heart Some people can't tell the two things apart"

"Cathy: Then he smiles and where else can I go? I didn't know, the rules do not apply And then he smiles and nothing else makes sense While he invents the world that's passing by"

"Jamie: And sewn into the seams Were forty-one seasons of dreams Dreams that you could feel coming real And that very dress, so the papers swore Was the dress a girl in Odessa wore On the day she promised forevermore To love a young man named Schmuel Who only one day before Had knocked at her kitchen door."

"Cathy: I could shove an ice pick in my eye I could eat some fish from last July But it wouldn't be as awful as a summer in Ohio Without cable, hot water, Vietnamese food, or you"

"Jamie: Will you share your life with me For the next ten minutes? For the next ten minutes? We can handle that"

"Jamie: And if we make it till then Can I ask you again for another ten? And if you in turn agree to the next ten minutes And the next ten minutes 'til the morning comes Then just holding you might compel me to ask you for more"

"Jamie: Will you share your life with me For the next ten lifetimes? For a million summers Jamie and Cathy: 'Til the world explodes 'Til there's no one left who has ever known us apart?"

"Jamie: Everyone tells you that the minute you get married Every other woman in the world suddenly finds you attractive Well, that's not true It only affects the kind of women you always wanted to sleep with But they wouldn't give you the time of day before"

"Jamie: And in a perfect world A miracle would happen And every girl would look like Mister Ed"

"Cathy: Why is the director staring at his crotch? Why is that man staring at my resume? Don't stare at my resume I made up half my resume Look at me, stop looking at that, look at me No, not at my shoes, don't look at my shoes I hate these fucking shoes Why'd I pick these shoes? Why'd I pick this song? Why'd I pick this career? Why does this pianist hate me?"

"Jamie: No one can give you courage No one can thicken your skin I will not fail so you can be comfortable, Cathy I will not lose because you can't win"

"Jamie: We build a tree house, I keep it from shaking Little more glue every time that it breaks Perfectly balanced, and then I start making Conscious, deliberate mistakes"

"Jamie: You never saw how far the crack had opened You never knew I had run out of rope And I could never rescue you All you ever wanted But I could never rescue you No matter how I try All I could do was love you hard and let you go."

"His going in the army is the best thing he could do.- Rose"

"Talk to us oh beautiful one, tell us how you make that glorious sound that even now in anticipation of has reduced me to a snarling raging jungle beast.-Ursala"

"Healthy Normal American Boy"

""They're all the same, from puberty to Mussolini!" - Kim MacAfee"

""Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face!" - Albert Peterson"

"Bye Bye Birdie, I'm gonna miss you so..."

"Bye Bye Birdie, the army's got you now..."

"The next time I have a daughter, I hope it's a boy!"

"Why look so awfully tragic, put on a happy face!"

"Randolph, your father's warned you. If you make another bomb, you'll get spanked."

"There are men, with childhood behind them..."

"Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?"

"We love you Conrad, oh yes we do!"

"Life's a ball, if only you know it, and its all just waitin' for you. You're alive so come on and show it, we've got a lot of livin' to do."

""One last kiss!" Conrad Birdie"

"When all she wants to do is...fly. Over mountains, over oceans, how her restlessness stirs. For she longs for her liberty, when will liberty be hers?"

"She saves me when I can't be saved, frees me but I'm still enslaved. Now I battle what I most adore. Oh, let me sail away, get lost at sea and make this vow: what my heart wants I will not allow. For as the sirens call the sailors, she calls to me."

"There's no sight so sad, no stench so bad, as that of a naughty girl. No crime so grave, as children who misbehave. When a girl can't be saved, God hears her plea, but he leaves her soul...to me!"

"Love is like a virus, we're infected with. You're so naive. Wouldn't it be wonderful if life were just as you perceived? Women are inhuman...worthless...course and savage, on the average. Never to be trusted, completely maladjusted....it's true. But if I had thought things through...I might have been as good...as you.""

"Jane Eyre...why don't you just kill yourself?"

"Jane, there is a place for you. And, Jane, it is here with me, to live in this house, to stand as my wife. Jane, you are my second self, and Jane, don't you see the truth that you are the heart of my life!"

"Jane, I've been dealt a blow. I've been dealt a blow, Jane!"

"When I lay myself down to sleep tonight I pray I might know why God has tempered judgment not with mercy, but with sorrow. Let the world forsake me, let them do their worst, I will withstand it all, they will not break me. There is another world that watches us, I'm not afraid."

"She found me handsome, my opera dancer. And like a fool I believed it was true I held the world inside my hands, a man full in his prime, when she left me for another, pierced my heart a second time."

"I cannot sleep. I cannot breathe. I cry his tears. I sense the secrets of his past. I feel his fears."

"Orphan, orphan, parents dead! Stupid, stupid in the head! Ugly, ugly, ugly face! Why don't you learn to know your PLACE!"

"I can't see how goin' south 125th street ever made anybody's life better."

"You mean I could have gone home...by clicking my heels three times?"

"When I think of home, I think of a place, where there's love overflowing."

"I wish I was home, I wish I was back with there, with the things I've been knowing."

"You never needed anything from a fake wizard anyway"

"Is today the day you're gonna help me down from here?"

"You can't win child"

"If I only had a brain I would have figured that out a long time ago"

"oh, what I wouldn't give to be in shock...just once."

"The genius who created me only took care of my dashing good looks, my razor sharp wit and my irresistible attraction to the wrong women. What he forgot to add...was a heart."

"What would I do if I could suddenly feel?"

"Slide some oil to me!"

"Well, I thought I'd seen 'em all . But never, never have I seen a lion... without courage ."

"Capital suggestion , capital !"

"Cause I'm a mean ole lion"

"That's my name, Fleetwood Coup DeVille...mama had high ideas. You know what I mean?"

"In my own way I'm a lion"

"I thought it over and green is dead, 'til I change my mind the color's red"

"How quick fashion goes down the drain, last week when you all was wearing pink, Already for me, red was old. The Ultimate color brick is gold. That's the new color children. Hit it."

"I'm just plain old Herman Smith from Atlantic City"

"You can talk to me crazy"

"But don't nobody bring me no bad news"

"Would you like sauerkraut... or mustard, my dear... ON YOUR HOT DOG?!"

"Believe in yourself."

"Think of home."

"Bottom line honey, This chick put the "ugh" in ugly"

"He's the Wiz and he lives in Oz"

"Opening lines, over the sound of ticking The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man's mounting anxiety. I ... am that man. ...Hi."

"In one week I’ll be thirty. Three-zero. Older than my Dad was when I was born. Older than Napoleon was when he ... did something that was probably extremely impressive at the time – I’m not a historian. I’m a composer. Sorry, a “promising young composer.” I should have kids of my own by now, a career, but instead I've been "promising" for so long I'm afraid I'm starting to break the fucking promise."

"So that’s where we are. It’s a Saturday night in January, 1990, in my apartment on the edge of SoHo; I’m trying to work, trying to enjoy what remains of my extremely late 20s, trying to ignore the tick tick booms."

"It's no big deal. What's thirty? Just, you know, the end of youth."

"Goddamn it, I am looking forward to it!"

"I realize I've forgotten how to play the piano completely. Holy shit, have I forgotten how to play the piano because I don't want to play Happy Birthday because I don’t want to –- Oh God – grow up?"

"Michael's moving out. He's making so much money he bought an apartment with the bathtub in the bathroom."

"And if there's enough buzz the show might be produced and if the show is produced it might be a hit -- and if it is I won't have to take the marketing job and I can buy the BMW anyway and I will have done it all before I'm thirty, or at least I can fudge the dates to make it sound that way in my Sunday Times Arts & Leisure Profile. I am not proud of this line of thinking. But it's not my fault! It's hard for people born after 1960 to be idealistic or original. We know what happens to ideals. They're assassinated or corrupted or co-opted. It's 1990 for God's sake. It is not an exciting period. It is not a period of ferment. It's fucking stodgy is what it is -- conservative, complacent, obtuse and unimaginative. Or, to put it another way: George Bush is president of the United States."

"The lights from the prison barge flicker in her eyes."

"6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it."

"I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember, and do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life."

"I sink into a soft leather seat. Michael guns twelve fuel-injected Bavarian-engineered market-research-funded cylinders across Houston Street. His new Beamer ... is fucking awesome."

"We zhhhooooom -- past the inhabitants of SOHO, wearing black, black, black, black... Past the East Village kids with purple pink green blue spike-buzz cuts, jutting through deconstructed SILENCE = DEATH t-shirts... Past the Windex, the squeegies, the outstretched palms, the Bowery Night Train philosophers... How can I possibly leave this behind?"

"Once, at a seminar, on a day I will never forget, I got to have my work picked apart -- and praised, a little -- by my idol, a composer-lyricist so legendary his name may not be uttered aloud by me, St---- S-------. But I write musicals with rock music. A contradiction in terms. Broadway's about 60 years behind anything you hear on the radio. You can't put rock onstage – real rock, not warmed-over easy-listening pop, not plastic imitation 50s bubblegum. Nevertheless, that's what I'm trying to do with Superbia. Could my show end up here? Is it good enough for Broadway, that magical street of dreams? Is it too good for Broadway, that shameless commercial whore? It's that raging mix of envy and contempt that's so ... healthy."

"I grew up on Tony the Tiger and Captain Crunch, but unlike other Boomer Juniors haven't progressed to more socially accepted fixes, like Ben and Jerry's. I go for the original high-powered numb-busting goodness of the Hostess Twinkie Snack Cake. The only problem is, it's humiliating to buy a Twinkie. I walk up to the counter feeling like I'm 17 and buying condoms for the first time."

"They're snack cakes. They're not unlike rice cakes, only cylindrical and injected with cream."

"Maybe this is it. Maybe I really have written the show that will reinvent musicals for our generation -- the Hair of the 90s -- the cultural lightening rod that will energize the 20-something generation, we "slackers," raised on the Brady Bunch and Reaganomics, armed with nothing but Credit Cards, VCRs and Interview Magazine, blowing like tumbleweeds through the 90s, fighting off the savage arrows of apathy, illiteracy, innumeracy, exploding Visa bills, eating disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, political correctness...."

"The apartment is warm and noisy. I realize I don't want to escape to the roof, or fly to Cuba, or hide in the bathroom."

"Referring to a birthday cake lit by candles The darkness is pierced by a blinding glow."

"The tick tick booms are softer now. I can barely hear them, and I think if I play loud enough I can drown them out completely."

"Leaping Lizards! Just look at this joint!"

"The Bolsheviks? Leaping lizards!"

"The sun'll come out Tomorrow, so you gotta hang on till tomorrow, come what may! Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya, Tomorrow! You're only a day away."

"They say [the Autocopter] can land on a dime... whatever that may be."

"Why do I smell wet dog?"

"[about why he refuses to adopt Annie] I'm a businessman. I love money, I love power, I love capitalism. I do not now and never will love children."

"Grace! Get me J. Edgar on the phone! Drake! Get me the chief of police! Asp! Get me Walter Winchell! PUNJAB!!! Get me William Randolph Hearst! And, Saunders, get me a drink!"

"Why any kid would wanna be an orphan is beyond me."

"I am not zoned for dogs."

"Oliver Warbucks the Millionaire?"

"I make a very dry martini."

"You had me followed?"

"My God is that thing real?"

"Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street, or Saville Row? It's what you wear from ear to ear and not from head to toe that matters... You're never fully dressed without a smile!"

"We love you, Miss Hannigan."

"(John the Baptist) Prepare ye the way of the lord! (X4)"

"(All disciples) Prepare ye the way of the lord! (X4)"

"(Jesus) When wilt thou save the people? Or god of mercy when? Not kings or lords but nations? Not throwns or crowns, but men! Flowers of thy heart, oh god are they. Let them not pass like weeds away. When heritage, a cloudless day. God save the people!"

"(Jesus) Shall crime bring crime forever? Strength aiding still the strong. Is it thy will oh father, that men shall tole, for wrong? Oh no say thy mountains! No say thy skys! Men's cloudless sun shall brightly rise! And songs be heard, instead of sighs. God save the people!"

"(Jesus and disciples) When wilt thou save the people? Oh god of mercy when? The people lord the people, not thrones or crowns but men"

"(Robin) Day by day. Day by day. Oh dear lord, three things I pray. To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly. Day by day."

"(All repeat)"

"(Soloist 2) I can see a swath of sinners, sitting yonder and they're acting like a pack of fools. Gazing into space, they let their eyes wander, 'stead of studying the good lord's rules. You better pay attention, build your comprehension- there's gonna be a quiz at your ascension. Not to mention any threat of hell!- But if you're smart you'll learn your lessons well! Every bright description of the promised land mentions You can reach it if you keep alert Learnin' every line and every last commandment May not help you but it couldn't hurt First ya gotta read 'em then ya gotta heed 'em Ya never know when you're gonna need 'em Just as old Elijah said to Jezebel You better start to learn your lessons well!"

"(Soloist 3) Oh bless the Lord my soul His praise to thee proclaimed And all that is within me join To bless His holy name Oh yeah Oh bless the Lord my soul His mercies bear in mind Forget not all His benefits The Lord to thee is kind He will not always chide He will with patience wait His wrath is ever slow To rise Oh bless the Lord And ready to abate And ready to abate Oh yeah! Oh bless the lord Bless the lord my soul Oh bless the lord my soul! He pardons all thy sins Prolongs thy feeble breath He heals thine infirmities And ransoms thee from death He clothes thee with his love Upholds thee with his truth And like an eagle he renews The vigor of thy youth And bless His holy name Whose grace hath made thee whole Whose love and kindness crowns Thy days Oh bless the lord Bless the lord my soul Oh bless the lord my soul! Bless the lord my soul Oh bless the lord my soul! Bless the lord my soul Oh bless the lord my soul! Bless the lord, bless the lord My soul! Bless the lord my soul!"

"(Jesus) When you feel sad. Or under a curse, your life is bad. Your prospects are worse. Your wife is sighing, crying and your olive tree is dying. Temples are greying, and teeth are decaying, and creditors weighing your purse. Your mood and your robe, are both a deep blue! You'd bet that Job, had nothing on you! But don't forget that when. You. Get. To. Heaven you'll be blessed. Yes it's all for the best!"

"(Judas) Some men are born to live at ease. Doing what they please, richer than the bees are in honey. Never growing old, never feeling cold, pulling pots of gold from thin air. The best in every town, best at shaking down, best at making mountains of money. They can't take it with them, but what do they care? They get the center of the meat. Cushions on their feet. Houses on the street where it's sunny. Summers by the sea, winter's warm and free, all of this and we get the rest. But who is the land for? The sun and the sand for? You guesssed, it's all for the best!"

"(Judas and Jesus then sing the two verses in counter point, very vaudevillian)"

"(Telly Leung's Character) We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land.. But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand.. He sends us snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain... The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain... All good gifts around us Are sent from Heaven above Then thank the Lord, thank the Lord for all his love..."

"(Disciples) We thank thee then, O Father, for all things bright and good, The seedtime and the harvest, our life our health our food, No gifts have we to offer for all thy love imparts But that which thou desirest, our humble thankful hearts!"

"(All) All good gifts around us Are sent from Heaven above.. Then thank the Lord, thank the Lord for all his love.. I really wanna thank you Lord! All good gifts around us Are sent from Heaven above.. Then thank the Lord, oh thank the Lord for all his love.."

"(Herb) You are the light of the world! You are the light of the world. But a light under a bushel has lost something kind of crucial You've gotta stay bright to be the light of the world!"

"(Herb) You are the city of god! You are the city of god! But a city on a hill is kinda of hard to hide it well!"

"(Herb) You are salt of the earth. You are the salt of the earth. But a salt that's lost its flavor ain't got much in its favor!"

"(All) Let you light so shine before men. Let your light so shine. So that they might know some kindness again. We all need help to feel fine. (Judas) Let's have some wine!"

"Would I love to see thee more clearly! (In reference to the earlier song Day By Day)"

"This is my good side./So's this one."

"Good evening sir, how's your seat?"

"For the first time I'm feeling wicked. (In reference to another of Steven Schwartz' plays, )"

"I come not to abolish the law and the prophets, but to complete."

"Now you have heard that they were told "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", but what I tell you is this. Never set yourself against the man who wrongs you. So if someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn and offer him your left."

"Prepare ye the way of the Lord!"

"We all need help to feel fine, Let's have some wine!"

"GODSPELL is almost anything but conventional. At the beginning of the show Judas is the one who, in the guise of John the Baptist, introduces Jesus to the audience and to the soon-to-be disciples. Subsequently he's seen as Jesus' best friend-probably a childhood buddy. He's frequently Jesus' "stage manager", making sure that the stage is set up right for the next event, parable, or game. Unfortunately, Judas also never seems to really "get" what Jesus is talking about. As the show progresses, Judas undergoes a conversion just like everyone else does, but his is in the opposite direction. Where the disciples move from being confused uncommitted individuals into being a community of believers, Judas gradually moves further and further away from Jesus' teachings until he finally betrays and almost reluctantly executes him. The character of Judas is rather confusing until you quit trying to see him as either "evil" or as Jesus' opposite. Just like the other disciples, he's another aspect of Everyman-the darker, less certain side. He's really just a regular guy who's not quite able to fall in with Jesus' teachings as much as everyone else is."

"Above all, the first act of Godspell must be about the formation of a community. Eight separate individuals, led and guided by Jesus (who is helped by his assistant, John the Baptist/Judas), gradually come to form a communal unit. This happens through the playing of games and the telling and absorption of lessons, and each of the eight individuals has his or her own moment of committing to Jesus and to the community. When Jesus applies clown make-up to their faces after "Save the People," he is having them take on an external physical manifestation that they are his disciples, temporarily separating them from the rest of society. But the internal journey of each character is separate and takes its individual course and period of time. Exactly when and why this moment of commitment occurs is one of the important choices each of the actors must make, in collaboration of course with the director. At the end of the first act, the audience is invited to join the community through the sharing of wine (or grape juice), mingling with the actors during intermission."

"(Everyone Joins In) Prepare ye the way of the lord(x4)"

"(Jesus) When will thou save the people? Oh god of mercy when? Not kings or lords but nations, not throwns or crowns, but men! Flowers of thy heart, oh god are they. Let them not pass like weeds away! When heritage, a sunless day. God save the people!"

"(Jesus) Must crime bring crime forever, strength in aiding still the strong. Is it thy will of father, that men shall toil... for wrong? Oh "No!" say thy mountains. "No!" say thy skys. Men's cloudless sun shall brightly rise! And songs be heard, instead of sighs. God save the people."

"Falling in love with love Is falling for make believe. Falling in love with love Is playing the fool; Caring too much is such a juvenile fancy. Learning to trust is just For children in school. I fell in love with love one night When the moon was full, I was unwise with eyes Unable to see. I fell in love with love, With love everlasting, But love fell out with me."

"Yes, it's the flimsy plot device that gets the plot going."

"Try not to think of the poodles."

"Are you surprised to hear I was married? Well...""

"During an accident at a performance of "The Drowsy Chaperone" in which the murphy bed containg The Drowsy Chaperone and Aldolpho broke: Rent-controlled apartment. You get what you pay for."

"We have a bride who’s giving up the stage for love, her debonair bridegroom, a harried producer, jovial gangsters posing as pastry chefs, and an aviatrix - what we now call a lesbian."

"re: actor playing Aldolpho and the Chinese emperor: He was the man of 1,000 accents, all of them offensive."

""So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much! I-uh-I know it is not a perfect show, the spit-take scene is lame and the monkey motif is labored...but it does what a musical is supposed to do! It takes you to another world and it..it gives you a little tune to carry in your head for...for...when you're feeling blue, you know? As we stumble along on life's funny journey. As we stumble along into the blue."

"(sung) 7 overrated wonders"

"What do you want, Freddy!"

"I think it's time she met... ze prince."

"We're the weaker sex. Men don't live as long as women. We get more heart attacks, strokes, and prostate trouble."

"Oh, your highness! (bows to Lawrence) I bring news... (pulls Muriel's hankerchief from out of his coat pocket) from a broad."

"[after everyone has been waiting for the Soap Queen to appear] Oh! That's me."

"John Lithgow - Lawrence Jameson"

"Norbert Leo Butz - Freddy Benson"

"Sherie Rene Scott - Christine Colgate"

"Joanna Gleason - Muriel Eubanks"

"Gregory Jbara - Andre Thibault"

"Sara Gettelfinger - Jolene Oakes"

"(talking about Frankie) He's a good kid, he just needs a little, y'know, guidance."

"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We're the Variety Trio. (to band) ...three, four! (to audience) And now, a new discovery of mine, little Frankie Casteluccio."

"You ask four guys how it happened, you get four different versions. And this is where all of them start. A thousand years ago. Eisenhower. Rocky Marciano. And a few guys under a streetlamp singing somebody else's latest hit."

"They ask ya "what was the high point?" The Hall of Fame, sellin' all those records, pullin' Sherry outta the hat? It was all great. But the first time the four of us made that sound, our sound... when everything dropped away and all there was was the music... that was the best."

"That's why I'm still out there singin', like that bunny on TV with the battery, I just keep goin' and goin' and goin'... chasin' the music, tryin' to get home."

"...I never heard a voice like Frankie Valli's. After eight bars, I know I need to write for this voice."

"John Lloyd Young - Frankie Valli"

"Christian Hoff - Tommy DeVito"

"Daniel Reichard - Bob Gaudio"

"J. Robert Spencer - Nick Massi"

"Peter Gregus - Bob Crewe"

"Mark Lotito - Gyp DeCarlo"

"I am not the kind of guy who should be in a place like this at this time of the morning, Sunday morning, 6 am. --"Bright Lights, Big City""

"I'm a menace to myself, dancing this close to heartbreak. --"Bright Lights, Big City""

"And all you need is one more popper, one more vodka, one more topsy-turvey, hunky-dory, manic, panic, magic high. --"Back in the City""

"Battered and bruised as this carton of milk. --"Sunday Morning, 6 AM""

"I'm just a boy in the city, Clara -- give a boy a break. --"Fact and Fiction""

"I hate the French. I hate them all. From Toulouse Lau-fucking-Trec to Charles de Gaulle. I can't stand the way they put that little thing above the "e", I hate the French... --"I Hate the French""

"From out of the blue, it's green for go, I'm in the pink... Kissing a philosopher really colors the way you think. --"What a Perfect Feeling""

"It's that psycho-killer look, it's the fact that I mistook myself for someone else. --"Camera Wall""

"If I lie down, I might die. --"Camera Wall""

"Isn't it amazing? Isn't it incredible? Quite alarming, this feeling of not feeling anything at all. --"Stay in My Life""

"One day there's a Sunday coming up when my typer might be hyper with the fire of a novel once again. -- "Wordfall""

"Monsterous events are scheduled for tonight! --"Back in the City" (repeated in "Back in the City, Part 2" and "Monsterous Events")"

"And I stand on my tiptoes and scream at the rooftops, "Hey did you miss me? Come over and kiss me!" --"Back in the City""

"I'm talking female confection, I'm talking something soft and sweet. I'm talking electricity, feminanity, it's better than drugs. --"Odeon""

"My breath is baited, I'm wet with anticiptation. --"Monsterous Events are Scheduled""

"Think of what the world could be if we could just be kind to each other. Kindness, there's not enough kindness in the world. --"Kindness""

"You're a writer -- write me a letter. --"What a Perfect Feeling""

"I got your letter yesterday, you write so beautifully Jamie. There is poetry spilling from you -- stay in my life. --"Stay In My Life""

"And the words will fall again -- catch them, Jamie. --"Stay in My Life""

"The smell of fresh baked bread turns me on. --"Sunday Morning 6 AM""

"The cat walk, the bitch talk, the ulcers, the menopause at 25. --"To Model""

"The flashbulbs, the camera wall, the media, the big cocaine in the upstairs lounge! To model, to model is to get me high... --"To Model""

"Mama said don't marry you, they'll run off like they always do, like all her husbands did before. Mommy's now on husband number four. Men always leave. --"To Model""

"I can be a vixen, I can be a vamp, a princess or a junkie, virgin or a tramp. Bend me, shape me, any way you want me -- image me up and the camera will tell you who I am. --"Camera Wall""

"Inside I'm a mess, I'm higher than a kite, please tell me is it day or night? And, god, I hate this dress. --"Camera Wall""

"Plastic features, plastic beauty, plastic me. --"Camera Wall""

"Chorus: Flying too fast, running to free, happy just to be in heartbreak. Jumping too far, crashing the ledge, dancing on the edge of heartbreak. --"Back in the City""

"Chorus: The more impossible it is to get in, the more we want to explore. --"Back in the City""

"Coke Girl: The drugs make you feel the music, and the music makes you want more drugs. --"Back in the City""

"Jamie and Ensemble: Are you willing to be killing all the dreams that you are having? Skipping, dipping, slipping, sliding, when you really should be flying from heartbreak. --"Back in the City""

"Mary O'Brien McCann: Please, can you find me? Please, don't go. --"Sunday Morning 6 AM" (repeated in "Coma Baby" and "Missing")"

"Ensemble: Save us from the teenage, the terrorist, the lottery winners, sicko creeps, Elizabeth Taylors, life on other planets, Janet, spontaneous human combustion, dammit. --"Coma Baby""

"Coma Baby and Ensemble: We've all got our problems, baby. --"Coma Baby""

"Coma Baby and Ensemble: You have got to rise above it, move on up; shimmy, shimmy, gimme, gimme, feel me fatal. Fire and metal, rocks and straw, rim shaw, richashay, do anything you feel. --"Coma Baby""

"Theresa: Well, son, we'd like to get to Bolivia right away... --"Odeon""

"Pot Girl: Seems like I've spent about half my life in bathrooms lately. --"Odeon""

"Ensemble: I wanna have sex tonight. --"Odeon""

"Ensemble: Can you make me come? --"Odeon""

"Theresa: Would you be less quiet if you had the chance? --"Odeon""

"Ensemble: Make me forget my whole life sucks, and a million fucks won't make that right. --"Odeon""

"Mom: A terrible screamer, a beautiful dreamer, a looker out of windows. --"Happy Birthday Darling""

"Coma Baby: Coma baby, coma baby, still I lie in Mommy's tummy. Warm in here, I think I want to stay. Mommy's crying, Mommy's dying, Mommy might not even last the day. --"Missing""

"Mary O'Brien McCann: I met a man with a plan, he took my shivering hand, now I'm gone... --"Missing""

"Clara: Four lithium carbonate tablets a day and I'm swell -- like hell. --"My Son""

"Blues Man: And every other person has a job except you, every other person has a life except you, isn't that depressing, baby? --"Wednesday""

"Blues Man: See, the point that I am making is that all the days are taken except the one right in the middle of this freaky whack-a-diddle of a week. --"Wednesday""

"Jamie and Blues Man: Drain-o, drain-o for the brain-o, drift away your Wednesdays. --"Wednesday""

"Chuck Bean: There's Versace with Oscar De La Renta, for Simon de BonBon and Duran Duran Duran -- hey, are you hungry like the wolf? --"Camera Wall""

"Michael: Psychologically speaking, that was way beyond control. --"Heart and Soul""

"Michael and Vicky: The heart leans towards mercy and the soul leans towards love. And my heart and soul in my dream of life loves you. --"Heart and Soul""

"Mom: Are you still holding my hand? Promise you'll never let go. --"Are You Still Holding My Hand""

"Where'd you put my shoe? That's a sneaky thing to do? You don't want me go, do you? I can see right through you!"

"Roy (Oscar's poker-playing buddy, sniffing): What is that, disinfectant? . . . It's the cards. He washed the cards."

"(Wendla entire song) Mama, who bore me mama the angels, no sleep in Heaven or Bethlehem."

"Some pray that one day, Christ will come a calling. They light a candle, and hope that it glows. And some just lie there cryin' for Him to come and find them, but when he comes they don't know how to go."

"(Melchior entire song) All that's known, in History, Science. Overthrown, at school, at home by blind men. You doubt them, but soon they bark and hound you, till everything you say is just another bad about you. All they say is trust in what is written, wars are made, and somehow that is wisdom. Thought is suspect and money is their idol, and nothing is okay unless it's scripted in their bible. And I know there's so much more to find, just in looking through myself and not at them. I know to trust my own true mind! And to say there's a way through this. On I go, to wonder and to learning. Name the stars and know their dark returning. I'm calling to know the worlds true yearning. The hunger that a child feels for everything they're shown. You watch me! Just watch me! I'm calling it, that one day all will know. You watch me just watch me. I'm calling. I'm calling, and one day all will know!"

"(Moritz) God, I dreamed there was an angel, who could hear me through the wall, as I cried out, like, in Latin "this is so not life at all!" Help me out, out of this nighmare when I heard her silver call. She said just give it time kid I come to one and all. She said give me that hand please and the itch you can't control. Let me teach you how to handle all the sadness in your soul. Oh we'll work that silver magic then we'll aim it at the wall. She said love may you blind kid but I wouldn't mind at all."

"(All) It's the bitch of the living. Bitch just the bitch. With nothing but you hand just the bitch yeah. Just the bitch of the living"

"(Georg) See each night it's like fantastic, tossing turning without rest, Cause' my days at the piano and my teacher and her breasts. I mean music's like the one thing I can even get at all. And those breasts. I mean, God please just let those apples fall."

"(All) It's the bitch of the living, bitch just the bitch, living in your head just the bitch yeah."

"It's the bitch of the living, just getting out of bed""

"This can't be iiiiiit. Oh God, what a bitch!"

"(Hanschen) Bobby Maler, he's the best. Looks so nasty in those khakis"

"We've all got our junk, and my junk is you."

"It's almost like lovin', sad as that is. May not be cool, but it's so where I live."

"You'll have to excuse me, I know it's so off, I love when you do stuff that's rude and so wrong"

"Fraulein Grossenbustenhaulter: Very well, Georg, and this time bring out the left hand"

"(Georg) You'll have to excuse me, I know it's so off. I love when you do stuff that's rude and so wrong."

"(Hanschen) I go up to my room turn my room turn my stereo on, shoot up some you, And the you is some song"

"(Melchior) Where I go when I go there, no more memory any more. Only men on distant ships, the women with them swimming with them to shore"

"(Moritz) Where I go, when I go there, no more whispering anymore. Only hymns upon your lip. The broken wishes washing with them to shore."

"(Ernst) Touch me! Just like that, and that- oh yeah, know that' heaven. Now that I like, god that's so nice. Now lower down, where the figs lie."

"(Otto) Where I go, when I go there, no more shadows anymore. Only men with golden fins, the rhythm with them rocking with them to shore."

"(Georg) Where I go, when I go there no more weeping anymore. Only in and out your lips. The broken wishes washing with them to shore."

"(All) Touch me, all silent. Tell me, please, all is forgiven. Consume my mind, consume my wine. I'll tell you how, how the winds sigh."

":Moritz: Not that I'm saying I wouldn't want...would ever want to not-- would ever not want.."

"Herr Neumann: Ilse? Ilse! Story time..."

"you say all you want is just a kiss good night then you hold me and you whisper, "child the lord won't mind" it's just you and me, child you're a beauty"

"Now our bodies are the guilty ones. Who touch, and color the hours."

":Father Kaulbach: Ah but children, children, in what ways have we cloaked, and hidden even from ourselves, the secret bargains we have made with out own devils...?"

"(Moritz) Awful sweet to be a little butterfly! Just winging over things and nothing deep inside! Nothing going, going wild in you, you know. You're slowing by the river side. Or floating high and blue."

"(Moritz) Or maybe cool to be a little summer wind. Like once through everything and then away again. With the taste of dust in your mouth all day but no need to know. Like sadness, you just sail away."

"(Moritz) Cause you know! I don't do sadness, not even a little bit! Just don't need it in my life don't want any part of it! I don't do sadness! Hey I've done my time looking back on it all and it blows my mind. I don't do sadness so been there don't do sadness just don't care!"

"(Ilse) Spring and summer, every other day. Blue wind get's so pained blowing through the thick corn through the bales of hay. Through open books on the grass. Sure, when its autum. Wind always wants to creep up and haunt you. This winds got you."

"(Ilse)Wind always wants to Creep up and haunt you Whistling, it's got you. With it's heartache, and it's sorrowWinter wind sings and it cries."

"(Moritz) Or maybe I should be some kind of laundry line. Hang your thing on me. And I would swing them dry! You just wave in the sun through the afternoon and then unseen, they come to set you free, beneath rising moon! Cause you know! I don't do sadness, not even a little bit! Just don't need it in my life don't want any part of it! I don't do sadness! Hey I've done my time looking back on it all and it blows my mind. I don't do sadness so been there don't do sadness just don't care!"

"There's a moment you know...you're fucked."

":Herr Knochenbruch: For our part, we have made a thorough examination of the handwriting of this obscene document, and compared it with every single pupil-"

"But the thing that makes you really jump, is that the weirdest shit is still to come. You can ask yourself, "Hey what have I done" you're still a fly the little guys they kill for fun."

"Yeah you're fucked all right and all for spite you can kiss your sorry ass goodbye. Totally fucked will they mess you up well they know they're gonna try"

"blah blah blah blah blah blah blah"

"Come cream away the bliss, fondle the pearl of your distant dreams."

"Oh, I'm gonna be wounded. Oh I'm gonna be your wound. Oh I'm gonna bruise you. Oh I'm gonna be your bruise."

"(Melichior entire song) You fold his hands and smooth his tie, you gently life his chin. Were you really so blind? And unkind to him? Can't help the itch to touch to kiss to hold him once again. Now to close his eyes, never open them." A shadow past a shadow past yearning yearning for the fool. He called a home. All things he ever did are left behind. All the things his mama wished he bared in mind. And all his dad, had hope he know. The talks you never had the saturday's you never spent. All the grown up places, you never went. And all of the crying you wouldn't understand. You just let him cry, 'make a man out of him. A shadow past a shadow past yearning yearning for the fool. He called a home. All things he ever wished are left behind, all the things that ever flickered through his mind. All the sadness that he'd come to own. And it whistles through the ghosts still left behind."

"In Mercia and the two Anglias - plague, with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine coming out of the Northwest at twelve miles per hour."

"This man was Arthur, King of the Britons. For this... was... England!"

"[After the ensemble sings about Finland] I said, ENGLAND!"

"Defeat at the castle in Act One seems to have utterly disheartened King Arthur. The ferocity of the French taunting took him completely by surprise."

"God be praised, we have a quest!"

"Stand aside, Mrs. Galahad, while the Lady of the Lake, and her Laker Girls, welcome your son to my army!"

"Tim Curry - King Arthur"

"Hank Azaria - Sir Lancelot, French Taunter, Knight of Ni, Tim the Enchanter"

"David Hyde Pierce - Sir Robin, Guard 1, Brother Maynard"

"Christian Borle - Historian, Not Dead Fred, French Guard, Minstrel, Prince Herbert"

"Michael McGrath - Mayor, Patsy, Guard 2"

"Sara Ramirez - The Lady of the Lake"

"Steve Rosen - Dennis' mother, Sir Bedevere, Concorde"

"Christopher Sieber - Sir Dennis Galahad, The Black Knight, Prince Herbert's father"

"Dear Lord, I want all that MONEY!!!"

"Books! Fat! Books! Fat! Books! Fat!"

"I'm hysterical, I'm having hysterics. When I get like this, I can't stop. (Max throws water on him) I'M WET!!! I'M WET!!! Cause, I'm hysterical!!! (Max slaps him) I'M IN PAIN!!! I'M IN PAIN!!! And I'm wet and Cause, I'm still hysterical!"

"Hold Me, Touch Me and Max: "Send me to the moon you animal, send me to the moon" "Thursday, darling, I'll send you to the moon on Thursday. I may even join you""

"Max: We may be sitting down, but we're giving you a standing ovation!"

"Judge: it pains me to break up such a beautiful friendship, so I won't! Five years in the State Penitentiary at the prison, Sing Sing!"

"Wham! One long ball hitter, that's what we need! Honest to God, I'd sell my soul for one long ball hitter!"

"Hold me, Meg-quick! Put your arms around me, and don't let me go-no matter what!"

"Do you mind if I try it one more time-with my shoes off?"

"God, I love this job!"

"Hello, Hell? It's me...what do you mean, 'who?' Who else gets to leave?"

"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets ... and little man, little Lola wants you!"

"Help, I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!"

"I know that I'm different!"

"They hate you because they're scared of you. Because you're different! You're, well, a — An individual!"

"It drives me mad, all these phrases and sounds. Stupid, useless phrases. I mean, what the hell is a... tambourine man? What's the story, morning glory? Who was the real Slim Shady?"

"But all I know, and I don't even know why I know it, is that I really, really, really wanna zig-a-zig-ah!"

"It looks better when I'm holding a tennis racket!"

"And if I have your love, dying doesn't matter much at all. Does it?"

"No, Scaramouche! I still haven't found what I'm looking for! I can't get no statisfaction, you don't stop until you get enough, ARGHHH ga do do do push pineapples shake a tree."

"That was below the belt"

"A couple of weeks ago I was virtually a Virtual High School dropout. Why would the rock gods tell me the answer?"

"The hairy one is back. And this time, she's a babe."

"Shagileo Gigolo only rocks for the kids."

"So you could act like a pathetic little coward? You wanted to be a rock star? They wouldn't let you in a boy band! (In some versions, this is changed to "They wouldn't let you in INXS!")"

"So come on, Gazza! Where's the bloke I used to love? Where's the bloke with the lead in his pencil? Where is Shagileo Gigolo?"

"I must make haste... I must complete the rebel archive... Stardate May 14th 2304. Although I have yet to discover the exact date on which music died, it is clear to me that an ancient entertainment phenomenon known as 'Pop Idol' (In newer versions this was changed to X-factor) played a central role. Soon, popstars were being created at such a rate that they were famous for less time than it took to play their records. Culture imploded, the Globalsoft corporation seized its opportunity, and the age of the Ga Ga had dawned."

"There is always hope! Hope is our birthright."

"Any way the wind blows."

"Make love, not war!"

"Don't worry about Cliff Richard; he's indestructible."

"They couldn't quite zap it all... zap it all... zap it all..."

"It was a time of boy bands. And girl bands. And boy and girl bands. And girl bands with a couple of boys in them that looked like girls."

"You're right, crazy lady. We'll take my Harley. Rock's transport of choice. Not as fast, clean or efficient as a Japanese bike, but it sounds humongous."

"It's been years since I've felt the soft warm thighs of a rebel chick wrapped round my skinny white arse."

"I'll be a groupie. Anyone wanna see my tits?"

"Ooh, I've gone all tingley."

"I shall be thine roadie!"

"I'm a groupie and a roadie! That means I'll have to have sex with myself. So, no change there then!"

"They secretly [ Makes a sign showing a throat being slit] the members of Queen. Brian May got one last wish. He wanted to play a very last guitar solo. He was able to postpone his execution by three-and-a-half days with it."

"This is an ancient and holy scroll known as a Vie-day-oh Tah-pay (Video Tape). [Runs through Bar Patrons who all groan and reach out towards the tape] They all want it. But they can't have it! It's mine! It's (Gollum voice) My precious!"

"Oh my. Oh my, oh my. What is this? Do I see a little silhouette of a spy?"

"Oh, god, I hate hippies!"

"So... an ignorant plucker."

"What does 'a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-lop-bam-boo' mean?"

"Underground, overground wombling free. Now tell me; who are Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, and why do they say 'eh oh'?"

"Where is she? What is her E-mail address? How does she love you? How does she 'drive you crazy'? Is she a drug pusher?"

"We've pulverized every rock on Planet Mall, and no Instruments of Mass Destruction have been found."

"All they need is a leader; that's all it takes. One young, sole rebel, one crazy kid with a dream, a guitar, and a bad-arsed babe to fight for."

"Finally I'm checking into the Heartbreak Hotel. So, Mr McCartney, I say hello, and you say goodbye."

"Have you seen the size of the cups these days? They've been getting bigger for three hundred years. 'Regular' is now the size of a dustbin. Only last week a small child fell into her Sprite and drowned."

"Lost them? Oh I see... lost them. Oh, no, we didn't lose them, no. We just don't know where they are."

"Well, star or no star, I intend to blast every rock on Planet Mall to smithereens, just in case! Stonehenge. Mount Rushmore. The famed Victoria Beckham Belly Button Diamond. If these grim tools of freedom do exist, I shall find them!"

"Need I remind you, that as well as being businesswoman of the year, I am also dynamite with a laser beam!"

"You know what happens to people who disappoint me! I think I'll have to blow your mind!"

"Who dares to play live rock on Planet Mall?"

"What part of 'don't stop me now' do you not understand?"

"I like it both ways"

"(Margot) Dear Elle, he's a lucky guy, I'm, like, gonna cry! I've got tears coming out of my nose! Mad props! He’s the campus catch. You’re the perfect match 'cause you both have such great taste in clothes. Of course he will propose."

"(Serena) Dear Elle, honey, mazel tov! Future's taking off. Bring that ring back and show it to me."

"(Pilar) Four carats of princess cut! Ae you psyched or what?! I just wish I could be there to see..."

"(All three girls) When he gets down on one knee!"

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod, omigod you guys! Looks like Elle's gonna win the prize! If there ever was a perfect couple, this one qualifies. Omigod you guys. Omigod this is happening. Our own homecoming queen and king. Finally she’ll be trying on a huge engagement ring for size. Omigod you guys. Omigod!"

"(Pilar) Okay, everybody signed, good now fall in line, and we’ll start the engagement parade."

"(Serena) Light candles in single file, don’t forget to smile! Lose the gum Kate , you look like the maid. Now prepare to serenade. Shh! (All sorority sisters) Omigod, omigod you guys looks like Elle’s gonna win the prize!"

"(Serena) Shh!"

"(All sorority sisters)If there ever was a perfect couple this one quali-"

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod you guys!"

"(Serena) Guys I’m serious!"

"(Sorority sister) Elle and Warner were meant to be."

"(Sorority sister) Not once ever has he hit on me!"

"(Serena) Shut UP!"

"(Margot) They're just like that couple from Titanic. Only no one dies!"

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod you guys! 2..3..4"

"(All sorority sisters) Daughter of Delta Nu! Soon to be fiance. Now that a man chose you, your life begins today. Make him a happy home. Waste not his hard earned wage. And so he does not roam, strive not to look your age. Still in your hour of need, let it be understood. No man can supersede, our sacred bond of sisterhood! Omigod omigod you guy-"

"(Serena) Guys, she’s not here"

"(Margot) Bruiser where is Elle? She doesn’t have an engagement outfit?! She is totally freaking out?! She’s trapped in the old valley mill?! Oh, whoops sorry. The old valley mall!"

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod dress emergency"

"(Serena) Dont take the freeway"

"(Sorority sister) Hey! Wait for me!"

"(All sorority sisters) No one should be left alone to dress and to accessorize"

"(Elle) It’s almost there, but, this dress needs to seal the deal, make a grown man kneel. But it can't come right out and say bride. Can't look like I'm desperate or like I'm waiting for it. Ive gotta leave Warner his pride. So bride is more implied."

"(All sorority sisters) There she is!"

"(Elle) Omigod, omigod you guys! All this week I've had butterflies, everytime he looks at me it's totally proposal eyes! Omigod you guys. So help me dress for my fairy tale. Can't wear something I've bought on sale."

"(Serena) Love is like, forever this is no time to economize"

"(Four girls) Omigod you guys!"

"(Salesgirl) Blondes make commissions so easy. Excuse me, have you seen this, it just came in, it’s perfect for a blonde."

"(Elle) Right, with a half loop stitch on China silk"

"(Salesgirl) Uh-huh"

"(Elle) But the thing is, you can’t use a half loop stitch on china silk, it’ll pucker. And you didn’t just get this in because I saw it in last May’s Vogue"

"(Elle) I’m not about to buy last years dress at this years price"

"(All sorority sisters) Elle saw right through that salesgirls lies"

"(Elle) It may be perfect for a blonde , but I’m not that blonde. I may be in love but I’m not stupid, lady I’ve got eyes"

"(Other salesgirl) Omigod. Elle woods! Sorry our mistake, Courtney, take your break, Just ignore her she hasn’t been well. Try this latest from Milan, go on try it on, I take care of my best clientele, it’s a gift from me to Elle!"

"(Elle) Omigod, omigod you guys. This ones perfect! And it’s just my size. See, dreams really do come true you never have to compromise! Omigod."

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod omigod you guys. Let’s go home before someone cries! If there ever was a perfect couple, this one qualifies. Cause we love you guys"

"(Elle) No, I love you guys!"

"(All sorority sisters) Omigod"

"(Elle) Omigod"

"(Warner) We both know why we're here. I see it in your eyes. I guess it calms my fear. To know it's not a surprise. Take one look at you, looking like a dream come true. Would leave me speachless like you always do. But know we're wide awake, and have some plans to make. Let's take some action baby. Now baby give me your hand. We've got some dreams to make true."

"(Warner) It's time to get serious, time to get serious, with you."

"(Elle) I never thought that I... (Warner spoken) uh honey... I'm not finished."

"(Warner) Since I was two or three, my life was planned out neat! I'd get my law degree, and then win my senate seat. A great big house out east. All of the amenities. Three kids at least just like the Kennedy's!"

"(Warner) Serious, got to get up and take our journy. Serious telling you know as a future attorney. You want the moon and sky! Well take it don't be shy! Baby that's why you and I. Should break up!"

"(Elle, expecting proposal) Yes baby I'll give you my hand, wait WHAT!"

"(Warner spoken) Elle, if I want to be a senator by the time I'm 30 I need somebody, (sung) Serious, less of a Marilyn more of a Jackie. Serious somebody classy and not to tacky! Ok that came out wrong. Now baby let's both be strong, I mean we knew all along!"

"(Delta Nus) Daughter of Delta Nu, sweetheart, it's been twelve days! Please let us help you through!"

"(Margot) She' eating Milky Ways!"

"(Delta Nus) Aagh!"

"(Pilar) Tell me those are fun-sized. I think he should be shot."

"(Serena) And lemme tell you what. I don't he's that hot. (Margot) I do."

"(Serena) Well, you're a slut."

"(Elle) What you want, Warner, what you want is me, but you need to see me in a brand new domain. Well it's plain, Harvard is the perfect setting you will see you're getting all of this, plus a brain! I'll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand. Big sturdy book, big wordy book. Full of words I'll understand and right there is where you'll see it true. Warner what you want is right in front of you!"

"(Elle) Step 1. He's up to Harvard law, so I get in there too. (P.M.S. girls) Step two? (Elle) Make Warner reassess, impress him with my high I.Q. (Girls) Step 3? (Elle) Throw a great big wedding (Elle and girls) And invite all Delta Nu!"

"(Kate) That's great. Nice plan. Now can we think this through?"

"(Kate) Harvard Law School?"

"(Elle) I have a 4.0 average."

"(Kate) Yeah, in fashion merchandising. What makes you think you can do this?"

"(Elle) Love! I'm doing this for love, And love will see me through; Yes, with love on my side I can't lose, And Harvard can't refuse. A love so pure and true. Don't lawyers feel love too?"

"(Kate) Even if they do?"

"(Kate) What you want, sweetheart is no easy thing. If you're gonna swing it, it will wreck your senior spring. You'll need a LSAT score of more then 174. So no more parties for you. You'll need a killer essay or do not even hope. And glowing letters from your betters. Any chance you know the pope? (Elle) ahh, nope. (Kate) Too bad cause that would be a qi, and you've got a lot of work in front of you!"

"(Margot spoken) Hey everybody! It's the Spring Fling Beer Bash Extreme! (Frat guys) Extreme! (Margot) This years theme: Jamaican me Crazy!"

"(Reggae guy) What you want you wanna be out becuz the sun she warm! What you want you wanna study stuck inside your dorm. What you want you wanna party with us all night long what you want you wanna be strong! (Kate) Be strong! (Guys) Wooho!"

"(Reggae) What you want you wanna be groovin bumpin shake da room. Whacha want you wanna be provin somethin and ta whom? Whacha want you wanna be provin that you youth is gone. What you want you wann hold on. (Elle) Hold on! (guys) wooho!"

"(Reggae) What you want you wanna breathin in da healthy air. Whacha want you wanna be chasin him and he don't care. Whacha want you wanna ignore the pity in their looks. What you want you wanna say sorry got hit me books. Whacha want you wanna be sitting like a lonely child. Whacha want you wanna be drvin all da fellow wild whacha want you wanna be feelin good to be alive!"

"(Aaron) Aaron Schultz, I won a Fulbright and a Rhodes. I write finical softwear codes. But that's a challenge I've outgrown. How money yachts can one man own? Some say that I'm a pompous freak. Somehow I don't lose that much sleep. Why bother with false modesty. Harvards the perfect place for me."

"(Enid, Sundeep, Emette) Pretty impressive good to know. (Emette) Welcolm to Harvard, (Sundeep) Wassup? (Enid) yo!"

"(Sundeep) Sundeep Agrwal Padamadan, but you may call me your majesty. In my country, my word was law, but then I flee, because of stupid Coup d'Etat. But here I learn, I make new friends, and soon return in bullet proof Mercedes Benz."

"(Enid) I did the peace cores over sea's inoculating refugees from family clinics that I built myself from mud and trees. I fought to clean up their lagoons and save their rare endagered loons and led a protest march against insensitive cartoons!"

"(Aaron, Sundeep, Emette) Pretty impress- (Enid) But now I'm on the legal track because this countries out of wack and only women have the guts to go and take it back. We'll get the government come clean and get more people voting green and really stick it to the phallocentric war machine!"

"(Callaghan very Vaudville) Our topic is blood in the water, kids, it's time you faced, law school is a waste. Oh yes! Unless you acquire a taste for, Blood in the Water. Dark and red and raw! There's nothing until the thrill of the kill becomes your only law."

"(Callaghan spoken) Mr. Schultz hypothetical question, would you defend the following lawyer accused of fraud? (Sung spoken) A kind old grandma takes her savings and she sent it. Off to you client everything she saved since she was born. He promised to invest it but he spent it. On prostitutes and herion and porn!"

"(Callaghan) This one is a win unless you're lazy. Grandma's broke she's got some hack from legal aid! Put her on the stand and call her old and crazy. Your guy goes free and he can get you high and laid!"

"(Callaghan spoken) Ms. Hoops, another hypothetical question, (sung spoken) Say they offer you a bundle for defending. A famous hitman for the mafia elite. Seems he missed his chosen prey killed a nun and drove a way running over three cute puppies in the street."

"(Enid spoken) What? You think I wouldn't defend him just because he is a typical man? (Callghan spoken) Oh you lesbian's think you're so tough!"

"(Callaghan) Oh dear! I fear my comment has offended. Hard to argue though when your emotions make you weak! Your employment will be very quickly ended. Once they see how your emotions make you weak!"

"(Callaghan) So what's my point I run a billion dollar law firm. And I hire four new interns every year! From this class I will select four young sharks whom I respect and those four will have a guaranteed career. Do you follow me?!"

"(Callaghan to Elle) You heard your classmates. You have just been killed. They cut your throat so grab your coat. Yes you had guts but know they're spilled. Your bloods in the water. So would you please be gone. And if you return be ready to learn. Or is that unfair? Oh wait. I don't care. That's just how I roll right here in school. With fear and shock and awe. You're nothing until, the thrill of the kill. Becomes, your, only law! Your only law. Your only law. AWWWWEEE!"

"(Greek chorus) Keep in positive. (Serena) As you slap her to the floor. (Chorus) Keep it positive (Pilar) As you pull her hair and call her whore. (Margot) You can take her in a fight (Serena) You and he will reunite. (P.M.S girls) You know we're right we're positive, we're positive."

"(Elle) Violence is never wise. Not the way to win back guys. Anyway she's twice my size. Who's got a plan B?"

"(Pilar) Uh me! Look at her she's like a nun. Show him you are way more fun. Bust out the lapdance and you've won! You off the hizzle G! (Chorus) Keep it positive (Margot) Yeah let out your inner freak! (Chorus) Keep it positive (Serena) Ms. Prissy pants won't last a week! (Pilar) You whet his appetite. (Margot) You and he will reunite."

"(Elle) Girls I'm positive. That'd we've taken this too far! Yes I'm positive, this is Harvard, not a stripper bar. All this trashy carrying on. That's the reason that he's gone. I need a salon! Yes I'm positive, try not to get upset. Oh I'm positive, that it's time for me to go brunette! Being blonde and being hot. That got me exactly squat. Time to show him I've got more to gain. Oh I'm positive!"

"(Warner) Those parties senior year, I thought we ruled the world! (Elle) You funneled all that beer, I held your head while you hurled."

"(Warner) We were like gods back then, walking among common men. Tell me. Why can't it be that way again?"

"(Elle) You have your future all planned (Warner) Yes I do, yes I do (Elle) What if I'm standing there too!? (Warner) Wait I'm not following you."

"(Elle) I'm here cause I'm serious. (Warner) Yeah right you look real serious."

"(Emmett) What what, you came her to follow a man, Harvard law was just part of that plan. What rich romantic planet are you from? (Elle) Malibu? (Emmett) Instead of lying outside by the pool, you chase some guy to an Ivy league school? That's the weirdest reason I--- (Elle) Well why'd you come?"

"(Emmett) I grew up in the Roxbury slums. With my mom and a series of bums. Guys who showed me all the way a man could fail. I got through law school by busting my ass. Worked two jobs in a addition to class. So excuse me for not weeping at your tale."

"(Emmett) I got a chip on my shoulder. And it's big as a boulder. With the chance I've been given I'm gonna be driven as hell. I'm so close I can taste it. So I'm not gonna waste it. I got a chip on my shoulder maybe you should get one as well."

"(Emmett) Well I don't go to parties a lot, not good use for the time that I've got. Can't spend hours doing my hair or staying in shape. But I know it would all by worth while once I win my first lucrative and buy my mom that great big house out on the cape!"

"(Elle) That's so sweet! (Emmett) No that's the chip on my shoulder. I hugged my mom and told her. With the chance I've been given I'm gonna be driven as hell. Though I can't take the day off. I just think of the payoff. You need a chip on your shoulder. Little Ms. Woods comma Elle."

"(Emmett) You know this vanities real picturesque, but it started its life as a desk. Clear it off and find some room for books instead. Can you live without this can you live without that. I don't know what this is! (Elle) It's for hair! (Emmett) Wear a hat! Spend some time improving what's inside your head. Out! Out! Put it in storage sell it on ebay, leave it behind! Out out! What are you angry? Good! So get angry you might find a chip on your shoulder! (Elle) Ugh! (Emmette) Oh, the room just got colder. With the chance you've been given how are you not driven as hell?"

"(Emmett) Well I predict you will probably pass (Elle) Yes! (Emmett) In the bottom percent of your class. If you're going for mediocre, you've done great. (Elle) That's not fair! (Emmett) Look, they're laughing at me like they're laughing at you. You can't win if you don't follow through. Might I venture your vacation plans can wait?"

"(Emmett) Guess she got a chip on her shoulder. Maybe some wise man told her. With the chance she's been given she should be driven as hell. She was something to see there, I'm just happy I could be there. She got a chip on her shoulder. Guess you never can teeeellllllllllllll. About little Ms. Woods comma Elle!"

"(Brooke) Do you want an easy miracle? Do you want to lose a pound or two? Then turn this video off right now. My workout's not for you! I'm talking to the women who wants it all! Who wants to pay for what she gets. Cause size two clothes don't come for those to lazy to sweat!"

"(All) I want you whipped into shape! When I say jump say, "How high?" You know you're doing it right when you start to cry. If you don't look like you should. You got to whip whip whip it good. I'm sorry ladies no escape. Until you're whipped into shape."

"(Callaghan) Meet our brand new client: Brooke. Laugh if you must but she's made tons, off her DVD's and books, "Whip your Way to Tighter Buns" Happily married so she swears. To her 60 year old stud. Till step daughter came down stairs and found Brooke all covered in his blood. If Brooke took a plea, I'd have her out in 3 to 4. But she swears she did not kill him. (Warner) Did she? (Callaghan) Let's watch some more."

"(Brooke) It's more then just a workout it's a defensive weapon too! Just wrap it around your assailant's neck and pull till he turns blue! You can also use the patented handle grip to shatter you attackers spine. All for three small payments of 19.99!"

"(All) You'll get him whipped into shape if you get grief from a guy. You'll work him over with this, till he starts to cry. If he don't act like he should. You've got to whip it whip it whip it good! It gets you out of any sway. And gets you whipped into shape!"

"(Callaghan) Hands. Who thinks she's guilty? Here is where you kids come in. Brooke has trouble trusting me. I'm her only chance to win, but I don't speak MTV. Brooke won't help her own defense, she may listen to her peers. Go and place a little sense in a place between her ears. I want her whipped into shape. If there's a brain in that hair, I want a bargain with her. It's a plea or the chair. When I talk to her I get neither Plea nor Plan nor Alibi. To quote from my defendant's tape! I want her whipped into shape!"

"(Elle) There! Right there! Look at that tan well tended skin! Look at the killer shape he's in! Look at that slightly stubbly chin! Oh please he's gay totally gay! (Callaghan) I'm not about to celebrate, every trait could indicate a totally straight expatriate! That guys not gay! I say not gay!"

"(All) That is the elephant in the room. Well is a relative to assume that a man who wears perfume is automatically radically fey! (Emmett) Look at his quoft and crispy locks! (Elle) Look at his silk translucent socks! (Callaghan) There's the eternal paradox look what we're seeing! (Vivianne) What are we seeing? (Callaghan) Is he gay (Elle) Of course he's gay. (Callaghan) Or European?"

"(All) Ooooohhhh! Gay or European? It's hard to guarantee. Is he gay or European? (Warner) Well hey, don't look at me! (Vivianne) You see they bring their boy up different in those charming foreign ports. They play peculiar sports! In shiny shirts and tiny shorts! Gay or foreign fella! The answer could take weeks! They both say things like Ciao Bella while they kiss you on both cheeks! (Elle) Oh please! (All) Gay or European, so many shades of grey! (Warner) Depending on the time of day the french go either way! (All) Is he gay or European or-"

"(Enid) There! Right there! Look at that condescending smirk! Seen it on every guy at work! That is a metro-hetro jerk! That guy's not gay, I say, no way! (All) That is the elephant in the room well is it relevant to assume that a hotty in that costume in automatically radically, certainly flirtingly, genetically medically. Gay! officially gay! Swishingly gay gay gay gay! (Nikos kisses the hand of the judge) (All) Damnit! Gay or European? (Callaghan) So stylish and relaxed? (All) Is he gay or European? (Callaghan) I think his chest is waxed!"

"(Vivianne) But they bring their boys up different there! It's culturally diverse! It's not a fashion curse! (All) If he wears a kilt or bares a purse. Gay or just exotic, I still can't crack the code! (Brooke) His accent is hypnotic! But his shoes are pointy toed! (All) Gay or European! So many shades of grey! (Judge) But if he turns out straight I'm free at 8 on Saturday! (All) Is he gay or European! Gay or European! Gay or euro-"

"(Emmett) Wait a minute, I think I can crack this guy. I have an idea I'd like to try! (Callaghan) The floor is yours."

"(Emmett spoken) So Mr. Argytakos this affair with Ms. Windham has been going on for? (Nikos all spoken) 2 years (Emmett) And your first name is? (Nikos) Nikos. (Emmett) And your boyfriends name is? (Nikos) Carlos. (All gasp) (Nikos choking, trying to cover) I'm sorry I misheard! You say boyfriend, I thought you say bestfriend! Carlos is my... best friend!"

"(Carlos spoken) You bastard! You lying bastard! That's it! I no cover for you no more! Peoples! I has a big announcement to make! (Sung) This man is gay and European! (All) Woah! (Carlos) And neither is disgrace! You've got to stop you being a completely closet case! (All) Oh! (Carlos) It me not her he seeing! No matter what he say! I swear he never ever ever swing the other way! You are so gay you big parfait! You flaming one man caberet! (Nikos) I'm straight! (Carlos) You were not yesterday! So if I may! I'm proud to say! He's gay! (All) And European! (Carlos) He's gay! (all) And European (Carlos) Please gay! (All) And European and gay! (Nikos) Fine Ok! I'm gay! (All) Hooray!"

"(Margot,Serena, Pilar) Road trip! Road trip!"

"(Judge) Court reconvenes, at the scene of the crime,but I hope she's not wasting my time."

"(Elle spoken) Enid,Paulette,can you do this for me?"

"(Serena,Margot, Pilar) We're on the move to the scene of the crime... Got stuff to prove at the scene of the crime."

"(Judge) Here we at the crime scene!"

"(Chorus) Scene of the crime!"

"(Judge) Watch where you walk..."

"(Chorus) It's the scene of the crime!"

"(Judge) Don't smudge the chalk!"

"(Serena,Margot, Pilar) Omigod we rawk!"

"(Chorus) It's the scene of the..."

"(Judge) Hush!"

"The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES."

"When the day's hustle and bustle is done, Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun."

"Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat — And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!"

"Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright — Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball."

"Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession."

"And we all say: OH! Well I never! Was there ever A Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!"

"He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair: For when they reach the scene of crime — Macavity's not there!"

"Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity."

"Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity. You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square — But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!"

"They say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!"

"These modern productions are all very well, But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell, That moment of mystery When I made history As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell."

"Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days I was beautiful then. I remember the time I knew what happiness was Let the memory live again."

"When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too And the new day will begin."

"Touch me It's so easy to leave me All alone with the memory Of my day in the sun. If you touch me you'll understand what happiness is Look a new day has begun."

"We'll give you a welcome that's typically Tirol, For then we are sure of our ground. Right now we're Italian — we used to be German. The border keeps shifting around."

"Has the mob's sporting taste Altered overnight? Have they found new sophistication?Not yet! They just want to see If the nice guy beats the bum. If it's East-West And the money's sky-high, They all come."

"Once I had dreams, Now they're obsessions. Hopes became needs, Lovers possessions."

"Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be And doing what I always said I would And yet I feel I haven't won at all Running for my life and never looking back In case there's someone right behind to shoot me down And say he always knew I'd fall."

"Arbiter: I'm on the case, can't be fooled Any objection is overruled. Don't try to tempt me — you've no hope. I don't like women, I don't take dope. I'm the Arbiter. I know the score. Chorus: From square one he'll be watching all 64."

"Everybody's playing the game But nobody's rules are the same Nobody's on nobody's side."

"Never make a promise or plan Take a little love where you can Nobody's on nobody's side."

"Never be the first to believe Never be the last to deceive Nobody's on nobody's side."

"I don't know why I can't think of anything I would rather do Than be wasting my time On mountains with you."

"Who'd ever think it? Such a squalid little ending Watching you descending Just as far as you can go I'm learning things I didn't want to know Who'd ever guess it? This would be the situation — One more observation — How'd we ever get this far Before you showed me what you really are?"

"Long before nations' lines were drawn When no flags flew when no armies stood My land was born."

"How can I leave her? Where would I start? Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart My land's only borders lie Around my heart."

"One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free. You'll find a god in every golden cloister And if you're lucky then the god's a she I can feel an angel sliding up to me."

"I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine."

"One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Not much between despair and ecstasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with your company I can feel the devil walking next to me."

"I'd let you watch, I would invite you. But the queens we use would not excite you."

"Florence: But in the end he needs a little bit more than me — More security Svetlana: He needs his fantasy and freedom Florence: I know him so well Svetlana: It took time to understand him Florence and Svetlana: I know him so well."

"Pity the child who knew his parents Saw their faults Saw their love die before his eyes Pity the child that wise He never asked did I cause your distress? Just in case they said yes."

"Pity instead the careless mother What she missed What she lost when she let me go And I wonder does she know I wouldn't call — a crazy thing to do Just in case she said "Who?""

"Anyone can be A husband, lover Sooner them than me When they discover Their domestic bliss is Shelter for their failing."

"Is there no one in my life Who does not claim The right to steal My work, my name My success, my fame And my freedom?"

"You and I We've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings."

"She's got one big breast in the middle of her chest/ And an eye in the middle of her nose. So says I, if you look her in the eye/ You're better off looking up her nose. -The Royal NoneSuch"

"Just like the earth, just like the sun/ Two worlds together are better than one. -Worlds Apart"

"Did the morning come too early, was the night not long enough? Does a tear of hesitation fall on everything you touch? Well, it might just be a lesson for the hasty heart to know Maybe leavin's not the only way to go. -Leavin's Not The Only Way to Go"

"Then I'd be free at last, free at last Great God Almighty I'd be free at last."

"When you walk through a storm Keep your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of the lark"

"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone"

"If I loved you words wouldn't come in an easy way."

"When the children are asleep we sit and dream TONIGHT."

"When I break wind it can start the windmills on an old Dutch painting."

"Three words people: total, body, make-over! Legs, hair, boobs, the full enchilada! Call me cougar, but I betcha there's a couple of ninety year old hotties out there waiting to take their teeth out and chow down on a Grandma sandwich!"

"Time, my dear, is a thief. she'll steal your soul and flee on little fairy wings. STAY OUT OF MY SHIT OR I'LL RIP YOUR LEG OFF AND BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD! ...I love you..."

"Ok kids... STOP THAT UNDER SCORE..."

"You're probably thinking: what could a fat bald person of no specific sexuality know about love? But I, too, am in love. Fester loves..."

"So will love triumph, or will everyone go home vaguely depressed?"

"fester loves... THE MOON!"

"Love of chocolate! You must love chocolate, everybody loves chocolate! Say you do, say it!"

"[to the family's pet squid] No! Bernice, he's a guest, you can't have him!"

"Are thy now prepared to join thy fabulous mother? She of skin so pale, eyes so deep, and DRESS cut down to Venezuela!"

"[to Bernice] NoNoNo! The people elect the electors and the electors elect the president... Well I'm sure it sounded like a good idea at the time."

"Just like the bull after the matador has stuck the sword een heem. "Nice job!... I hate you.""

"Have you met my daughter? This is Wednesday, the best thing that will ever happen to you... Don't screw it up."

"[F]inds himself infested in hostile a land infested with mosquitos, rattle snakes, and many retired jewish peoples! But he manages to save three forks, this rapier and 5 million pieces of eight... or eight million pieces of five. The record is unclear."

"And you must be young Lucas! Unless of course you are the father and you are the son... with a massive thyroid problem! Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha... I go to far...!"

"[T]his dinner puts me in mind of my great ancestor Hector Fernando Escondido Chimichanga a man hated by the church but clever with a quip. In fact upon being burned alive he said to the priest he'd be pink in the middle, a little crispy on the outside! Of course... {cut off by Wednesday}"

"Ok so I'm a goat... leaping from crag to crag like we do. mah mah"

"Ok so we loose the goat. No goat! I hate goats."

"You think to make off with my daughter? Where is the talk of dowry. Perhaps an exchange of cattle... so many bushels of wheat."

"Mal: Man they really got to you... that doesn't even rhyme!"

"But I AM five. I'm MORE than five."

"[musical version:] Some days I wake up early and watch the sun rise. And I think how beautiful it is. (And) how my (whole) life lies before me. And I get very positive feeling about things . . . Like this morning for instance, the sky is so clear and the sun is so bright. . . How can anything go wrong on a day like this? (alarm clock rings) I'm late!! [TV version:] Somedays, I like to wake up early. So that I can see the sunrise. And I think how beautiful it is. And how my life lies before me. And I get a very positive feeling about things. Like this morning for instance. The sky's so clear, and the sun's so bright, how could anything go wrong in a day like this."

"I think lunchtime is about the worst time of the day for me. Always having to sit here alone. Of course, sometimes mornings aren't so pleasant, either - waking up and wondering if anyone would really miss me if I never got out of bed. Then there's the night, too - lying there and thinking about all the stupid things I've done during the day. And all those hours in between - when I do all those stupid things. Well, lunchtime is among the worst times of the day for me. Well, I guess I'd better see what I've got. Peanut butter. Some psychiatrists say that people who eat peanut butter sandwiches are lonely. I guess they're right. And when you're really lonely, the peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. There's that cute little red-headed girl eating her lunch over there! I wonder what she would do if I went over and asked her if I could sit and have lunch with her?...She'd probably laugh right in my face...it's hard on a face when it gets laughed in. There's an empty place next to her on the bench. There's no reason why I couldn't just go over and sit there. I could do that right now. All I have to do is stand up...I'm standing up!...I'm sitting down. I'm a coward. I'm so much of a coward, she wouldn't even think of looking at me. She hardly ever does look at me. In fact, I can't remember her ever looking at me. Why shouldn't she look at me? Is there any reason in the world why she shouldn't look at me? Is she so great, and I'm so small, that she can't spare one little moment?... [gasps] SHE'S LOOKING AT ME!! SHE'S LOOKING AT ME!! (he puts his lunchbag over his head.) ...Lunchtime IS among the worst times of the day for me. If that little red-headed girl is looking at me with this stupid bag over my head she must think I'm the biggest fool alive. But, if she isn't looking at me, then maybe I could take it off quickly and she'd never notice it. On the other hand...I can't tell if she's looking, until I take it off! Then again, if I never take it off I'll never have to know if she was looking or not. On the other hand...it's very hard to breathe in here. (he removes his lunchbag) Whew! She's not looking at me! I wonder why she never looks at me? Oh well, another lunch hour over with...only 2,829 (or 2,863) to go."

"[singing] OH! What a beautiful sight! And I'm not such a clumsy guy! If I really try, I can really fly a ki---- (The kite is eaten by a tree)"

"Well, I guess I'd better see what I've got. Peanut Butter. Some psychiatrists say that people who eat peanut butter sandwiches are lonely. I guess they're right!"

"Well, I've always wanted to be called Flash. I hate the name Charlie. I'd like to be real athletic so that everybody would call me Flash. I like to be so good at everything that all around school I'd be known as Flash."

"This is for you Lucy, Happy Valentine's Day. That doesn't sound right. Here, Lucy, this is for you, Happy Valentine's Day. You can do it if you just don't get nervous. This is for you, Lucy, Happy Valentine's Day. (Lucy enters.) Okay, take it easy, you can do it. This is for you Lucy...(He hands her the card) Merry Christmas. (He screams in the musical version. In the TV version, he moans.)"

"[after Snoopy dances with his meal and Charlie silences him] Why can't you eat your meal quietly and calmly like any other normal dog, (Snoopy)?"

"[singing] If I start writing now when I'm not really rested it could upset my thinking which is no good at all. I'll get a fresh start tomorrow and its not due till Wednesday so I'll have all of Tuesday unless something should happen. Why does this always happen? I should be outside playing, getting fresh air and sunshine! I work best under pressure and there'll be lots of pressure if I wait till tomorrow. I should start writing now. But if I start writing now when I'm not really rested it could upset my thinking which is no good at all."

"[singing] How do they expect us to write a book report of any quality in just two days? How can they conspire to make life so miserable and so effectively in so many ways?"

"I haven't even started yet!"

"Pizza with sausage."

"What's an en-?"

"[musical version:] My stomach clock just went off. It's suppertime, and Charlie Brown has forgotten to feed me. Here I lie, a withering hollow shell of a dog and there sits my supper dish ... EMPTY! But that's all right. He'll remember. When no furry friend comes to greet him after school, then he'll remember! And he'll rush out here to the doghouse but it'll be too late. There will be nothing left but the dried carcass of his former friend who used to love to run and play so happily with him. Nothing left but the bleached puppy bones of... [TV version:] [gasps] My stomach clock just went off! It's suppertime! And Charlie Brown has forgotten to feed me. [sighs] Here I lie, a withering hollow shell of a dog... and there's sits my supper dish... empty. Well, that's alright. It's okay. He'll remember. Tomorrow after school, when no furry friend comes to greet him. Then he'll remember. And he'll rush out here to the doghouse but... it'll be too late. There will be nothing left but the dried carcass of the former friend who used to run and play so happily with him. Nothing left but the bleached bones... [Charlie Brown arrives with his dinner] of the one's happy little puppy..."

"Bring on the doctor!"

"No one has ever called me... "Sugar Lips"."

"Why is it I always have my supper in the red dish and my drinking water in the yellow dish? One of these days I'm going to have my supper in the yellow dish and my drinking water in the red dish. Life's just TOO short not to live it up a little."

"A "C"... a "C"... I got a "C" on my coat hanger sculpture. How could anyone get a "C" in coat hanger sculpture? May I ask a question? Was I being judged on the piece of sculpture itself? If so, is it not true that time alone can judge a work of art? Or was I being judged on my talent? If so, is it right that I be judged on a part of life over which I have no control? If I was judged on my effort then I was judged unfairly for I tried as hard as I could. Was I being judged on what I have learned about this project? If so, were then not you, my teacher, also being judged on your ability to transmit your knowledge to me? Are you willing to share my "C"? Well, perhaps I was being judged on the quality of the coat hanger itself, out of which my creation was made. Now is that not also unfair? Am I to be judged by the quality of the coat hangers that are used by our dry cleaning establishment to return our garments? Is this not the responsibility of my parents? Should they not share my "C"?"

"The only thing wrong with my big brother Charlie Brown is his lack of confidence. His inferiority, and his lack of confidence. His clumsiness, his inferiority, and his lack of confidence. His stupidity, his clumsiness, his inferiority, and his lack of confidence... ±"

"This is my report on the past: "The past has always interested people. I must admit, however, that I don't know much about it. I wasn't here when it happened.""

"[singing] If you don't tell me what you told Lucy, I'm just going to SCREAM!"

"Alright, everybody out for rabbit chasing."

"What did you say about me, Linus?"

"We had spaghetti at our house three times this week."

"Thank you Miss Othmar.The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

"Why are you telling me? My new philosophy. The teacher gave a 'D' on last week's homework. She said, "Miss Sally Brown," "Your grades are going down." I could have told her."

"[after her friends praise Charlie Brown] If only you weren't so wishy-washy."

"After snow comes up, the wind blows it around so it looks like it's coming down but actually it comes up out of the ground- like grass. It comes up, Charlie Brown, snow comes up!"

"Linus, do you know what I intend? I intend to be a queen. When I grow up I'm going to be the biggest queen there ever was. And I'll live in a big palace with a big front lawn and have lots of beautiful dresses to wear. And, when I go out in my coach all the people... All the people will wave, and I will SHOUT at them and... And in the summer time, I will go to my summer palace and I will wear my crown in swimming and everything. And all the people will cheer and I will SHOUT at them. (And I'll...) What do you mean "I can't be queen?""

"My Aunt Marion was right. Never try to discuss marriage with a musician!"

"[singing] Peter Rabbit is a stupid book about this stupid rabbit who steals vegetables from other people's gardens! [speaking] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Hmmm. 83 to go!"

"[singing] The other people's name was McGregor! [speaking] 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Oh! (or Hmmm.)"

"[singing] The name of the rabbit was Peter! [speaking] 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. Yes! (or Ha!)"

"35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40!"

"[singing] And they were very, very, very, very, very, very happy to be home!"

"[singing] 94, 95. The very very very end!"

"Give me my pencil, you blockhead!"

"Gimme back my ball you blockhead!"

"Lucy, I believe Queen is an inherited title. Yes, I'm quite sure. A person can only become a queen by being born into a royal family of the correct lineage so that she can assume the throne after the death of the reigning monarch. I can't think of any possible way you can become Queen. I'm sorry, Lucy, but it's true."

"In examining a work such as Peter Rabbit, it is important that the superficial characteristics of its deceptively simple plot should not be allowed to blind the reader to the more substantial fabric of its deeper motivations. In this report I plan to discuss the sociological implications of family pressures so great as to drive an otherwise moral rabbit to perform acts of thievery which he consciously knew were against the law. I also hope to explore the personality of Mr. MacGregor in his conflicting roles as farmer and humanitarian..."

"...What drove an otherwise moral rabbit to perform acts of thievery? Thievery! Sociological implications! Family pressure!"

"In some parts of the world tomorrow is already today, and today is yesterday. If tomorrow is already today Charlie Brown, there's no way that tomorrow could be a better day."

"I really don't think you have anything to worry about, Charlie Brown. After all, science has shown that a person's character isn't really established until he's at least five years old."

"Happiness is a fleeting thing, Sally, but I think that a man can come closer to it by directing the forces of his life to a single goal that he believes in. And I think that a man's personal search for happiness is not really a selfish thing, either, because by achieving happiness himself, he can help others to find it. Does that make sense to you?"

"Money? Who cares about money? This is art you blockhead! This is great music I'm playing and playing great music is an art! Do you hear me? An [banging on piano] ART! ART! ART! ART!"

"I'm sorry to have to say it right to your face, Lucy, but it's true. You're a very crabby person. I know your crabbiness has probably become so natural to you that you're not even aware when you're being crabby, but it's true just the same. You're a very crabby person and you're crabby to just about everyone you meet. Now I hope you don't mind my saying this, Lucy, and I hope you'll take it in the spirit that it's intended. I think we should all be open to any opportunity to learn more about ourselves. I think Socrates was very right when he said that one of the first rules for anyone in life is "Know thyself." Well, I guess I've said about enough. I hope I haven't offended you or anything."

"Now. Remember, this is a mood piece. We must paint a picture with music and words- ...and concentrate! Remember, adagio con brio."

"Did you know that Charlie Brown has never pitched a winning baseball game, never been able to keep a kite in the air, never won a game of checkers, and never successfully punted a football? Sometimes I marvel at his consistency."

"Well, why are you telling me? (to Sally)"

"You are kind. (to Charlie Brown)"

"That other team was trash talkin' us Charlie Brown.I got even with them though. I said you think your so great? Mozart was writing symphonies when he was your age. That really shut 'em up."

"I think that lady in the front row is shocked!"

"Hey, hey, I play all kinds of characters, Tambo he does two!"

"Come, and watch them sing and dance. Come, and share their tears and joys. Come, this is your final chance, to meet the Scottsboro Boys!"

"What a fabulous way, a fabu-abulous way, to die!"

"It's not every guy gets to light up the sky!"

"And now, everybody's favorite, a cakewalk!"

"After 22 years, twenty-two, I died in jail. I wrote all down in a book. I told the truth, it was the only thing I could do."

"Mexican: 1)Noun A person or something hailing from or related to the Country of Mexico"

"It seems strange that all my words are South American Rodents!"

"(Chip) My parents keep on telling me just being here is winning. Although I know it isn't so."

"(Leaf) At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling game. Bee! I'll stand when they announce my name. And try to keep from shaking."

"(Logainne) We feel no animosity."

"(Barfee spoken) Excuse me, I have marked this area off with invisible tape!"

"(Leaf) At the 25th Annual, we've memorize the manual!"

"(All) About how to spell these words. Words that require thought. People say we're automatons. But that is exactly what we're not."

"(Olive spoken) Excuse me, do you know where I sign in? (*Barfee spoken) Shut up!"

"(Panch spoken) If you start to spell a word you may start over (kids take over) but the sequences of letters already spoken may not be changed"

"(Rona) If you misspell a word (kids repeat) misspell a word (Rona) We will ring (kids repeat) you will ring the bell and the comfort counselor, (Mitch) Mitch Mahoney, (Kids) Mitch Mahoney, (Rona) Will escort you off stage!"

"(Olive) Because my mother is in an ashram in india. I saved a chair for her too, but it's merely symbolic. As daily she washes herself in the Ganges"

"(Olive) I love my dictionary and I love its indented border. Every word is in alphabetical order Ergo lost things always can be found."

"(Olive) And I wrap my head around the fact that in one book is the entire language of our species which is a favorite term of Niccis Who's the great-grandfather of Christina Riccis Yes I joke, but the words in the dictionary Are the friends that I have forever More than the friends I have made in school"

"(Leaf and Chip) She's such a lovely girl with a lovely little voice"

"(Logainne) And I hear that she's prochoice though still a virgin"

"(Chip) It is such a calamity where should we begin? The best spellers don't necessarily win."

"(Barfee) Damn life bites. but I like competition."

"(Leaf) I knew that word (Olive) I knew that word (Marcy and Chip) I knew that word (All) Goddamnit"

"(Chip) Life is pandemonium ooooooohhh. (All) Life is random and unfair (Chip) Yes it is (All) YEEEAAAAHHH"

"(Leaf) I'm not that smart, my siblings having telling me that for years. That I'm not smart. We're schooled at home they see who's bright it breaks my heart"

"(Leaf) How could a flea such as me think he'd be good at spelling?"

"(Leaf) I like my hair, no really it is pleasant to the touch, I toss my hair a bit too much, it doesn't move it simply sits, I make a part, I'm not that smart."

"(Leaf spoken) I forgot the word... (Panch spoken) Oh my god. Acouchi! (Leaf spoken) Right, the south american rodent relating to the other one. What was it again? A-C-O-U-C-H-I! Acouchi? (Panch spoken) That is correct"

"(Leaf) I might be smart, my siblings can't believe that I got it right. But I got it right! Right? I didn't cheat. No, no, no, no. I saw this light and it was neat."

"(Leaf) I like to laugh, I like to spell, I like to never hear the bell... and if the competition's hell! At least I'm finally a part, I feel my heart begin to swell. I like, no I love, to spell! I like it a lot!"

"(Barfee) Magic foot, take me to the final round. Magic foot I barely lift it off the ground. Magic foot. I do it without making a sound."

"(Barfee semi-spoken) Let's see what we have here foot, H-A-S-E-N, Hasen! P-F-E-F-F, a pfeff, E-R let us a go."

"(Barfee) Magic foot, write that letter! Magic Foot, write the perfect letter. Magic foot, it's terrific when I make a word, with my foot, Magic foot."

"(Mitch) My friend you will be missed, but now go with dignity. This ends, but first on your list. You should go with pride. You've been the best looking babe we've had all day. You're a real nice babe as well. Now go and spell. Spell with patcience and care. That, babe, is my prayer."

"(Mitch) Try not to cry lord in front of your brother. Don't embarrass your mother, (Spellers) Not your mother oooooo"

"(Mitch) Make your exit with care, that is my prayer."

"(Chip) It is tradition that the person eliminated from the competition is fair game for derision."

"(Chip) My unfortunate erection, is destroying my perfection. It is my recollection that everything I once did I did perfectly."

"(Chip) Because of Marigold Coneybear, because there's something and not a thing between us, I don't blame my brain but I do blame my penis."

"(Chip) Anyone for M and M's delcious and appropriate. Any one for chewy goobers inexpensive. Anyone for buying the shit that I'm selling because my stiffy has ruined my spelling."

"(Chip) Erection, erection, my unfortunate erection. Woah, it's ruining my life, ruining ruining ruining my life!!!"

"(Chip) Adult hood brings its own peculiar rejections."

"(Chip) It will ruin your complexion, all because of my unfortunate erection. OH GOD"

"So lady, you may call it indecent. But I call it the most decent thing I ever did see."

"Jim, every day I wake up and there isn't a man on the other side of my bed, I know it's going to be a good day."

"There's a point in your life when you realize it's better to be alone."

"In that dress, everything's shaking."

"Sylvia, ever since Margaret died, you've been buttin' into my business. And I love you for it."

"You people mostly marry your cousins around here, don't you?"

"Hi Nataie, how ya doin'. Anyways, the thing is, I love you. Always have, always will. I love you, I love you, I love you. Care to comment?"

"I wish somebody was secretly in love with me."

"Well as the moral compass and guardian of this town, I'd just like to say you're all going to hell. Have a nice day, citizens."

"Sometimes, a little indecent behavior is good for ya!"

"Don't you ever get tired of judging people?"

"I haven't agreed with a damn thing you've said in 15 years."

"Voldemort out, bitches!"

"I believe everything has its place, Muggles have their place, Mudbloods have their place and so do your clothes! Namely a dresser!"

"When I had a body, I had mad game with the bitches!"

"Aw, now two people are mad at me!"

"Just relax with the 'Dark Lord,' ok? I watch you wipe your butt daily, you can call me Voldemort, we're there! We've reached that point."

"But! There need not be war between us. You've all fought so valiantly, and I'm willing to offer you positions in my new world order - as my slaves."

"You think we'd have realized that with both of us drinking into one belly, we'd get twice as drunk."

"Yes, I know Quirrell, I HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HEAR!"

"Don't make me laugh, I'm pissing"

"You'd think killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't, it just..... it just makes them dead!"

"...And don't suggest a giant slide or a trampoline... we've already tried those."

"The Mudblood deserve to die!!"

"Okay is wonderful."

"It tastes like... Cool Mint."

"Oh! YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU GOT ME!"

"Did someone say Draco Malfoy?!"

"You know, they don’t even have dances at Pigfarts. All of the noise would disturb Rumbleroar’s slumbering cubs."

"Now you're just being cute. I can't go to Pigfarts! It's on Mars, you need a rocketship! Do you have a rocketship, Potter? I bet you do. You know, not all of us inherited enough money to buy out NASA when our parents died. Look at this! Rocketship Potter! Starkid Potter! Moonshoes Potter, traversing the galaxy for intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!"

"If we're good, Rumbleroar lets you ride around on his back. He's a lion. Who can TALK."

"You know who I think is the ugliest girl in school? That Hermione Granger! You know what I would give her on a scale of 1 to 10? 1 would be the ugliest and 10 pretty... I would give her an 8... 8.5... or a 9... not over a 9.8 'cos there is always room for improvement. Not everyone is perfect, like me. That's why I'm holding out for a 10. Because I'm worth it!"

"[About the Zefron horcrux] Put some tape on this, it's fine."

"Pigfarts, Pigfarts, here I come. Pigfarts, Pigfarts, yum yum yum!"

"I'm tired. Can't we just be Death Eaters?"

"I want....Hermione Granger! (quickly) And a rocketship."

"Wait. Don't tell me... Red hair, hand-me-down clothes and a stupid complexion. You must be a Weasley."

"[interrupting Professor Quirrell] Go home, terrorist!"

"All I need is a life and a way to be famous.... (grabs broken broom) I WILL BE THE FIRST TO FLY A BROKEN BROOM.... wait I WILL BE THE YOUNGEST DEATH EATER.... oh wait I am the youngest death eater"

"She is THE HOTTEST GIRL I'VE EVER SEEN!"

"Hogwarts has really gone to the dogs. But luckily next year, I'll be transferred to Pigfarts!"

"Yeah Hermione, I'm the boy who lived, not died. God!"

"Oh my god, I have to fight a goat? I don't think I can do that morally... (Later) Oh my god I have to fight a dragon! I can't do that I'm just a little kid!"

"I don't know Cedric, someone punched me in the face and my sense of direction got a little goofed up!"

"You're this guy, that's just-- around, all the time, when I don't need a guy around. You're this spare guy, all the time, this spare dude. You're SUCH a SPARE! (Voldemort: kill the spare!)"

"Beautiful!? What are you, nuts!? More like supermegafoxyawesomehot! She's the hottest girl I've ever met! She's far more attractive, far more appealing, far more interesting, than any girl. That I know. In my immediate group of friends."

"It was left to me by my dad, my dad that's dead. My father is dead. I have a dead father."

"Harry Potter loves Zac Efron more than anyone else on the planet."

"I don't know man... Cedric Diggory, he's pretty awesome... NOT! He sucks. I'm totally gonna win. It's in the bag."

"I wanna take you up to Winnipeg... THAT'S IN CANADA!"

"But in Spiderman 3 everything sucks and falls to shit! I don't want my life to be like Spiderman 3, god, I hated that movie."

"I love you all. ...Except you Draco, I can't fucking stand you."

"A cauldron? what are you guys gonna do eat me? that's gross!!"

"If anyone were hiding under an invisibility cloak in here, surely they'd have the good sense to SHUT UP POTTER."

"I just have been putting anyone who looks like a good guy into Gryffindor and anyone who looks like a bad guy into Slytherin and for the other two they can go where the hell they want to, I don't really care."

"Welcome, all of you to Hogwarts / I Welcome all of you to school / Did you know that here at Hogwarts / We've got a hidden swimming pool?"

"What the hell is a Hufflepuff?"

"My name is Albus Dumbledore. You may call me... Dumbledore. I suppose you can also call me Albus, if you want a detention! Nah, I'm just kidding, I'll expel you if you call me Albus!"

"A funny thing actually happened to the Sorting Hat. He actually got hitched to another piece of enchanted magical clothing. So he and the Scarf of Sexual Preference won't be back `til next year!"

"Hermione Granger! When one of yous has a problem, that means all three of yous has got a problem. What would Zac Efron say in a time like this!?! [singing] We're all in this together..."

"Draco, will you sit down, you little shit?!"

"Hermione Granger, shut your ungodly, lopsided mouth and quit interrupting. 20 more points. God... for the cleverest witch of your age you really can be a dumbass sometimes. Ten points to Dumbledore!"

"Malfoy, YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

"That's Lavender Brown! RACIST SISTER!"

"There's another horcrux. I hope it isn't an Ashely Tisdale poster. I couldn't do that."

"RAAAAGGGHHH!! LET'S GO KILL VOLDEMORT!"

"It's just every time I look at her I get these pains in my chest I know it's her fault, that bitch!"

"I am just going to curl up in my sock drawer and sleep for days."

"Accio double stuff!"

"OH MY GOD. Hermione, shut up."

"Maybe you'll just have to fight like Mushu from Mulan or something..."

"That is a BOSS Zefron poster."

"Ugh, this competition is gonna suck...all these dragons are wimps...Accio Doublestuf....OHMIGOD MONSTER! Is that yours? Ohmigod, it's awesome, let me hold it."

"I'm like Shia LaBeouf...the Prince Douche."

"Thanks, Hermione!"

"That's absurd. If ever a person were to touch themselves,... [looks directly at Ron]"

"No... Potter... I'll show you what you need to do... Watch very carefully... [dies]"

"Bomb-appetite... I mean Bon-Appetite."

"Ginny walks up* AHH A GINGER! [runs]"

"I'll be in the drawing room painting a picture of the stupid looks on your faces."

"[Enters the room] Harry Potter! DETENTION!"

"What the devil is going on heeeeeere?"

"10 points from Gryffindor. *gryffindors complain* For Miss Granger's excessive baby fat."

"A person can however be a horcrux. (Harry) what's a- what's a horcrux? (Snape) I'm not even going to tell you Harry, you'll find out soon enough!"

"Goyle: I can't believe the counter curse was 'Unjellify!"

"Cedric: Find!"

"Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders"

"Well, I find that to be very rude"

"Well, I don't find this surprising, at all"

"Neville: [reading Dumbledore's will] The house cup goes to Gryffindor, Hogwarts goes to Harry Potter, my chocolate factory goes to Charlie, and Toontown goes to the toons!"

"Ginny: Oh my Rowling!"

"Molly: AVADA KEDAVRA! ... Die, bitch!"

"Cornelius Fudge: [Voldemort enters] I STILL don't believe you're back! [Voldemort kills him] A heart attack, surely!"

"Rumbleroar: Let us be on our way. To Pigfarts! RUMMMMMMBLEROAAAAAAAR!!"

"Hermione: Actually I have heard those things, Harry, about a thousand times, but never have they been told to me with so much sass. Drop the attitude, Harry Potter. You are acting like Garfield on a Monday.""

"Goyle: Oh Goyle rules!"

"Darren Criss - Harry Potter"

"Joey Richter - Ron Weasley"

"Bonnie Gruesen - Hermione Granger"

"Lauren Lopez - Draco Malfoy, Hungarian Horntail"

"Jaime Lyn Beatty - Ginny Weasley"

"Joe Walker - Lord Voldemort"

"Dylan Saunders - Albus Dumbledore"

"Brian Rosenthal - Quirinus Quirrell"

"Joe Moses - Severus Snape"

"Britney Coleman - Bellatrix Lestrange"

"Tyler Brunsman - Cedric Diggory, Cornelius Fudge"

"Sango Tajima - Lavender Brown"

"Lily Marks - Pansy Parkinson, Molly Weasley"

"Devin Lytle - Cho Chang, Hungarian Horntail"

"Julia Albain - Vincent Crabbe"

"Jim Povolo - Gregory Goyle, Rumbleroar"

"Darren Criss - Harry Potter"

"Joey Richter - Ron Weasley"

"Bonnie Gruesen - Hermione Granger"

"Lauren Lopez - Draco Malfoy"

"Joe Moses - Severus Snape"

"Joseph Walker - Dolores Umbridge"

"Brian Holden - Remus Lupin"

"Dylan Saunders - Albus Dumbledore"

"Tyler Brunsman - Lucius Malfoy"

"Joe Walker - Batman"

"Nick Lang - Robin"

"Brian Holden - Superman"

"Jeff Blim - Sweet Tooth"

"Chris Allen - Alfred"

"Lauren Lopez - Commissioner Gordon"

"Dylan Saunders - Green Lantern, Narrator"

"Nico Ager, Julia Albain, Jaime Lyn Beatty, Denise Donovan, Jim Povolo, Meredith Stepien, Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia - Various heroes and villians, chorus"

"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask, why do we stay here if it's so dangerous? We stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in a word—tradition!"

"Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof."

"How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?"

"Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room, diametric'ly opposed foes. They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were previously closed, bros. The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power, a system he can shape however he wants. The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital. And here's the pièce de résistance: No one else was in the room where it happened, the room where it happened, the room where it happened..."

"When Alexander aimed at the sky, he may have been the first one to die, but I'm the one who paid for it. I survived, but I paid for it. Now I'm the villain in your history. I was too young and blind to see... I should've known the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me."

"There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait!"

"I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry, and I am not throwing away my shot!"

"If we assume the debts, the union gets new line of credit, a financial diuretic. How do you not get it? If we're aggressive and competitive the union gets a boost. You'd rather give it a sedative? A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor, your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labor."

"America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me. You let me make a difference. A place where even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up."

"You told the whole world how you brought this girl into our bed. In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives... I'm burning the memories, burning the letters that might have redeemed you... You forfeit the place in our bed. You sleep in your office instead, with only the memories of when you were mine. I hope that you burn."

"The Lord, in His kindness, He gives me what you always wanted. He gives me more time... I speak out against slavery. You could have done so much more if you only had time... I establish the first private orphanage in New York City... I help to raise hundreds of children... In their eyes I see you, Alexander. I see you every time."

"We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. We gotta make an all out stand. Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man! Check it, can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I'm the model of a modern major general, the venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up, to put me up on a pedestal. Writin' letters to relatives, embellishin' my elegance and eloquence. But the elephant is in the room. The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go boom!"

"I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind. If I tell her that I love him she'd be silently resigned, he'd be mine. She would say "I'm fine." She'd be lying. But when I fantasize at night, it's Alexander's eyes, as I romanticize what might have been if I hadn't sized him up so quickly."

"Oui, oui, mon ami! Je m'appelle Lafayette! The Lancelot of the Revolutionary Set! I came from afar just to say bonsoir to the King, casse toi. Who's the best? C'est moi!"

"Oceans rise, empires fall, we have seen each other through it all. And when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!"

"Insane! You cheat with the French, now I'm fighting with France and with Spain!"

"He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity. I hate to admit it, but he doesn't get enough credit for all the credit he gave us."

"This is a story about America then, told by America now."

"(Tell us your favorite TV, film or theater adaptation of a book.) Far and away it has to be Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” inspired by the Ron Chernow biography, by far. It’s not just an adaptation. It’s a transformation. One of the most impressive creative feats I’ve ever witnessed."

"[I]n the Hamilton that Lin-Manuel and his incredible cast and crew bring to life . . . we recognize the improbable story of America, and the spirit that has sustained our nation for over 240 years. And in this telling, rap is the language of revolution. Hip-hop is the backbeat. In each brilliantly crafted song . . . we hear the debates that are still shaping our nation. . . . [W]ith a cast as diverse as America itself, including the outstandingly talented women, the show reminds us that this nation . . . is an inheritance that belongs to all of us."

"[On May 12, 2009 Miranda performed Alexander Hamilton - now the first song in the Hamilton musical - at the White House.] That night, Lin reintroduced people to the poor kid from the Caribbean who made the country rich and strong, an immigrant who came here to build a life for himself and ended up helping to build the nation. He is the prototype for millions of men and women who followed him, and continue to arrive today."

"Lin-Manuel Miranda - Alexander Hamilton"

"Phillipa Soo - Eliza Hamilton"

"Leslie Odom Jr. - Aaron Burr"

"Renée Elise Goldsberry - Angelica Schuyler"

"Daveed Diggs - Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson"

"Christopher Jackson - George Washington"

"Okieriete Onaodowan - Hercules Mulligan and James Madison"

"Jasmine Cephas Jones - Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds"

"Anthony Ramos - John Laurens and Philip Hamilton"

"Jonathan Groff - King George III"

"No one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets and yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us."

"It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil."

"For three days I fought my way along roads packed with refugees, the homeless, burdened with boxes and bundles containing their valuables. All that was of value to me was in London, but by the time I reached their little red-brick house, Carrie and her father were gone."

"Fire suddenly leapt from house to house. The population panicked and ran – and I was swept along with them, aimless and lost without Carrie. Finally, I headed Eastward for the ocean, and my only hope of survival – a boat out of England."

"When the smoke cleared, the little steamer had reached the misty horizon, and Carrie was safe. But the Thunder Child had vanished forever, taking with her man's last hope for victory. The leaden sky was lit with green flashes, cylinder following cylinder, and nothing and no one was left now to fight them. The Earth belonged to the Martians."

"As time passed in our dark and dusty prison, the Parson wrestled endlessly with his doubts. His outcries invited death for us both – and yet I pitied him."

"Abruptly, the sound ceased. Suddenly, the desolation, the solitude, became unendurable. While that voice sounded, London had still seemed alive. Now, suddenly, there was a change, the passing of something – and all that remained was this gaunt quiet."

"As life returns to normal, the question of another attack from Mars causes universal concern. Is our planet safe, or is this time of peace merely a reprieve? It may be that, across the immensity of space, they have learned their lessons and even now await their opportunity. Perhaps the future belongs not to us – but to the Martians?"

"People loved you and trusted you, came to you for help."

"Didn't I warn them this would happen? "Be on your guard," I said; "for the Evil One never rests." I said, "Exorcise the devil." But no, they wouldn't listen. The demons inside them grew and grew until Satan gave his signal and destroyed the world we knew."

"Forget about goodness and mercy. They're gone."

"Didn't I warn them?! "Pray," I said! "Destroy the devil," I said! They wouldn't listen! I could've saved the world! But now it's too late! Too late!!!"

"We're gonna build a whole new world for ourselves. Look, they clap eyes on us and we're dead, right? So we gotta make a new life where they'll never find us. You know where? Underground. You should see it down there – hundreds of miles of drains – sweet and clean now after the rain. Dark, quiet, safe. We can build houses and everything, start again from scratch. And what's so bad about living underground, eh? It's not been so great living up there, if you want my opinion."

"We'll build shops and hospitals and barracks right under their noses – right under their feet! Everything we need – banks, prisons and schools. We'll send scouting parties to collect books and stuff, and men like you will teach the kids. Not poems and rubbish – science, so we can get everything working. We'll build villages and towns and...and...we'll play each other at cricket! Listen, maybe one day we'll capture a Fighting Machine, eh? Learn how to make 'em ourselves and then wallop! Our turn to do some wiping out! Whoosh with our Heat Ray – whoosh! And them running and dying, beaten at their own game. Man on top again!"

"I've got a plan! Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again – a second chance. We'll even build a railway and tunnel to the coast, go there for our holidays. Nothing can stop men like us. I've made a start already. Come on down here and have a look."

"Ulla! Ulla!"

"But not me: I won’t give in They can lead: but I will never follow Take it all: take all of it you can Have your fill of all they make you swallow"

"The days pass you by You’re running in place Tomorrow is wearing Your yesterday’s face"

"So many people so many different races So many tongues and religions came to be They couldn’t share the tower to the heavens They tore it down and let it crumble to the sea"

"Give me a cause that I can fight for Give me a wrong I can do right for Give me some laws that don’t abuse me Rules that won’t confuse me"

"A deal is a deal; not a one that he calls off Question his ethics and he’ll cut your balls off All that he lives for is money"

"How I crave you: your face is perfection But desire is mixed with dejection Though I’ve wooded you: obsessively pursued you It was not in my plan my lusting for a man"

"Spanish are lazy; Russians are crazy Germans will beat you; after they lose Chinese will duck you; Frenchmen will f*** you Jews all have talent; too bad they’re Jews"

"Pale star of morning Unto your care My soul I offer Here my prayer Goddess of silver Please hear my plea Mistress of fortune Come to me"

"When you’re waiting at a station between here and there At a point between your dreams and your survival Tunnels cross; tracks can take you anywhere To change your life between departure and arrival"

"I’ve loved and seen love die Life goes on, people change, and I no longer cry Doors are closed, left behind Still I hold you in my mind"

"Behind a window, I stand and watch the people The kind of window that I can never break No matter how I try to push my heart against it It keeps on bending with every move I make Beyond the window, the world goes on without me Life goes by me while here I… stay"

"The money, the money what I won’t do for the money for money, for money I’d gladly sell you my soul"