START: WHEELER: “I am making a promise and you need to listen to me. I promise I’ll hurt you.”
PAUL: She said that? What is that? It’s like the Curse of the Pharaohs.
WHEELER: Paul, she’s so fantastic, she’s dark and funny and smart, and she sees through all the phony bullsh#t, she completely ruined Barry Lyndon for me. And the sex— We don’t talk about sex, right? You and me.
[... …]
END: You don’t know what’s gonna happen. You’ll fuck it up, whatever you do. Maybe Minnie promised she’d hurt you because she’s smart enough to know it’s all gonna get f#@ked up regardless. Cause no matter what you do, we’ll all be on the deathbed eventually, whether we have company or not. Don’t tell my wife about this conversation.

Tracy Letts. Linda Vista. Theatre Communications Group, electronic