Fool for Love and Other Plays Quotes

“TYMPANI: Well, things happen fast down here. You gotta' be prepared. One day you're raising chickens, the next day you're buying up half of Mexico.

RABBIT: I don't want half of Mexico!

TYMPANI: Then you'll want something else. Sooner or later you'll want something else, and they'll find out what it is.

RABBIT: What do you mean?

TYMPANI: Some little fantasy. Some dream. Some tiny little delusion that you've got tucked away. They'll pry it out of you.

RABBIT: What do they care?

TYMPANI: Because then they've got you. They'll feed off your hunger. They'll keep you jumping at carrots. And you'll keep jumping. And you'll keep thinking you're not jumping all the time you're jumping.

RABBIT: Is that what's happened to you?

TYMPANI: What does it look like?

RABBIT: Well, how can you know it and still keep doing it?

TYMPANI: What else is there to do?

RABBIT: Are you crazy? They've got you kidnapped in here and you like it.

TYMPANI: So will you. You'd be surprised how fast it happens.”
― Sam Shepard, Fool for Love and Other Plays