A Collection of Quotes from the Play

"We must always envy someone we should not, be jealous of those who have so much less. You and Claire make so much sense together, talk so well." - Agnes

"Yes, but they've bought the plague with them, and that's another matter. Let me tell you something about disease . . . mortal illness; you either are immune to it...or you fight it." - Agnes

"What do you really have in common with your very best friend . . . 'cept the coincidence of having cheated on your wives in the same summer with the same woman . . . girl . . . woman? What except that?" - Claire

"This isn't the first time, you know. This isn't the first time you've come back with one of your goddamned marriages on the rocks. Four! Count 'em!" - Tobias

""To keep in shape." Have you heard the expression? Most people misunderstand it, assume it means to alteration, when it does not. Maintenance. When we keep something in shape, we maintain its shape—whether we are proud of that shape, or not, is another matter—we keep it from falling apart. We do not attempt the impossible. We maintain. We hold." - Agnes

"There is a balance to be maintained, after all, though the rest of you teeter, unconcerned, or uncaring, assuming you're on level ground .  .  . by divine right, I gather, though that is hardly so." - Agnes