What happened between us? There used to be a mutuality of understanding and admiration. College examinations notwithstanding, it takes a very smart fella to say I dont know the answer! The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool. But I was always more frightened of him than I was of falling. I wanted to run to my father, and have him tell me I was safe, that everything was all right. Id think sometimes that my bed was on the ceiling, and the whole house was upside down and if I didnt hang onto the mattress, I might fall outward into the stars. I would wake up at night, terrified of the dark. I remember feeling this way when I was a little girl. And you arent sure whether youre walking toward something, or if youre just walking away. Shutters closed, blinds drawn, doors locked against you. Walking down an empty street, listening to the sound of your own footsteps. To have everybody look at you and say, Whats the matter with him? I know. Its the loneliest feeling in the worldto find yourself standing up when everybody else is sitting down. Lady, when you lose your power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight. Kill one of their fairy-tale notions, and they call down the wrath of God, Brady, and the state legislature. You murder a wife, it isnt nearly so bad as murdering an old wives tale. People I thought were my friends look at me now as if I had horns growing out of my head. Unless the state of mind of the members of the jury conforms to the laws and patterns of societyĬonform! Conform! What do you want to dorun the jury through a meat-grinder, so they all come out the same? May I ask your opinion, sir, on Evolution?ĭont have any opinions. Seems kinda queer havin a school-teacher in our jail. LeeĬopyright © 1955 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.

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