“Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had
dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me. Don't you think it
ever crossed my mind to want to know other men? That I wanted to lay up
somewhere and forget about my responsibilities? That I wanted someone
to make me laugh so I could feel good? You not the only one who's got
wants and needs. But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my
wants and needs, my dreams...and I buried them inside you. I planted
myself inside you and waited to bloom. And it didn't take me no eighteen
years to find out the soil was hard and rocky and it wasn't never gonna
bloom.”
“When your daddy walked through the house he was so big he filled
it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me.”
―
August Wilson,
Fences
“Like you? I go out of here every morning… bust my butt…putting up
with them crackers everyday…cause I like you? You about the biggest
fool I ever saw. It’s my JOB. It’s my RESPONSIBILITY! You understand
that? A man got to take care of his family. You live in my house… sleep
on my bed clothes…fill you belly up with my food… cause you my son. You
my flesh and blood. Not ‘cause I like you! Cause it’s my duty to take
care of you. I OWE a responsibility to you! Let’s get this straight
right here… before it go along any further… I ain’t got to like you. Mr.
Rand don’t five me money come payday cause he likes me. He gives me
cause he OWE me. I done give you everything I had to give you. I gave
you your life! Me and your mama worked that out between us. And liking
your black ass wasn’t part of the bargain. Don’t try and go through life
worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure
they doing right by you. You understand what I’m saying, boy?”
- August Wilson,
Fences 1986.”
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