"Death- I used to sit here and she used to sit over there and death was as close as you are now...We didn't dare even admit we had ever heard of it!"
"...The opposite is desire. So do you wonder? how could you possibly wonder? Not far from Belle Reve, before we had lost Belle Reve, was a camp where they trained young soldiers. On Saturday nights they would go into town to get drunk..."
"...and on the way back they would stagger onto my lawn calling "Blanche! Blanche!" The deaf old lady remained suspecting nothing. But sometimes I slipped outside to answer their calls...Later the paddy-wagon would gather them up like daisies...the long way home..."
-Blanche DuBois, from Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
AMAZING DIALOGUE.
And an incredibly intense and strong character- besides the fact thats she's pretty much a classic herself. WILL BE WRITING LONG OFF BLANCHE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE!!!!!!!!
P.S. If you have any quotes recommendations, please comment with them! I'm open to anything!
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i'm excited to hear more. and, which sharon creech book is that quote from? love that. and i love her. the only thing that makes me sad is that her books are about middle school kids, but written at an elementary reading level...i feel like some of her magic is lost on too young of minds. sigh.
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