01UndatedIf they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.Clifford Odets / quote ↗
02UndatedYou make me feel too human, Joe. All I want is peace and quiet, not love. I'm a tired old lady, Joe, and I don't mind being what you call "half dead." In fact it's what I like. The twice I was in love I took an awful beating and I don't want it again! I want you to stop it! Don't devil me, Joe. I beg you, don't devil me...Clifford Odets / quote ↗
03UndatedIt seems to happen sudden—a fighter gets good. He gets easy and graceful. He learns how to save himself—no energy wasted... he slips and slides— he travels with the punch. . . . Oh, sure, I like the way you're shaping up.Clifford Odets / quote ↗
04UndatedBut I did it! That's the thing—I did it! What will my father say when he hears I murdered a man? Lorna, I see what I did. I murdered myself, too! I've been running around in circles. Now I'm smashed!Clifford Odets / quote ↗
05UndatedWhat do you want from me? Revenge? Sorry—we're all out of revenge today!Clifford Odets / quote ↗
07UndatedOne night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.Clifford Odets / quote ↗