Winning the race with death - Emily's Question! by Ludovico

Here is something that has guided my life. It is from Thornton Wilder’s [b:3sl3m2m3][u:3sl3m2m3]Our Town[/u:3sl3m2m3][/b:3sl3m2m3].

Emily: [i:3sl3m2m3] “Goodbye, world. Goodbye, Grover’s Corners…Mama and Papa. Goodbye to clocks ticking…and Mama’s sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new ironed dresses and hot baths…and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you!” [/i:3sl3m2m3]

Emily: [i:3sl3m2m3] “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it—every, every minute?”[/i:3sl3m2m3]

Stage Mgr: [i:3sl3m2m3]“No. The saints and poets, maybe—they do some.[/i:3sl3m2m3]

This has made me realize it, so I though I would share.

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You mean the one with the line ‘God’s in heaven, all’s right with the twats’ ?

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Just a play on word over the controversy over the use of the word in the poem!