The Fantasticks

"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"