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Alma has been in love with her neighbor, John, her entire life.
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But I don’t want to be talked to like some incurably sick patient you have to comfort. Oh, I suppose I am sick, one of those weak and divided people who slip like shadows among you solid strong ones. But sometimes, out of necessity, we shadowy people take on a strength of our own. I have that now.
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And that is my story! Now I wish you would tell me—why didn’t it happen between us? Why did I fail? Why did you come almost close enough—and no closer?
Tennessee Williams. Summer and Smoke, Act 2, Scene 11
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