page 49

"You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life."

• Stage Manager
• He says it to the audience
• It's said at the very begining of act 2 where he's explaining how it is now 1904 and he's saying how the women do all these chores and never have a nervous break down. Then he says the quote. It's explaining what they say is the vicious cycle of life.

Page 54

"People are meant to go through life two by two. 'Tain't natural to be lonesome."

• Mrs. Gibbs says this to Mr. Gibbs
• They are talking about George and Emily getting married
• This quote is significant because it's true about people and how we are made to always want to be around others

Page 57

"There's a lot of common sense in superstitions."

• Mr. Webb says this to George
• It's on George's wedding day and he is over at Emily's house wanting to see her. She doesnt want to see him because of the superstition of being badluck to see each other on your wedding day. Mr. Webb explains to George how some superstitions have a reason and this one is because a girl is alwyas thinking about a lot of things on their weddign day.

Page 60

"I took the opposite of my Dad's advice and I've been happy ever since."

• Mr. Webb says this to George
• It's on George's wedding day and they are having their awkward son in law to father in law talk. Mr. Webb is explaining how his father gave him horrible advice on how to treat his wife, so he took the opposite of his advice and has been happy.

Page 63

"And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you did'nt quite see the street you were in, and did'nt quite hear everything that was said to you."

• The stage manager says this to the audience when he's about to tell the story of how Emily and George first decided they were interested in each others characters.
• I think it's significant because it is so true about life, it has to make almost everyone in the audience think about the first time they were in love and how they first felt. It was a really good quote that helps the audience and their personal lives really connect to the play.

Page 66

"Oh...I don't think it's possible to be perfect, Emily."

• George says this to Emily on their way to the ice cream place.
• Significant because it really isn't possible to be perfect, and nobody really is.
• It's significant in the play because George is telling Emily up front he's not perfect, and Emily is about to do the same.

Page 69

"Grovers Corners isn't a very important place when you think of all-New Hampshire, but I think it's a very nice town."

• Emily says this to George in the ice cream shop while he's telling her to write to him while he's at college.
• Significant because She's right, when you think of all New Hampshire it may not be that important, but to the people living in Grovers Corners it is very important because it's there whole life.

Page 75

"This is a good wedding, but people are so put together that even at a good wedding there's a lot of confusion way down in people's minds and we thought that that ought to be in our play, too."

• Stage Manager says this to the audience
• Significant because the part where Emily and George freak out before the wedding is a pretty significant part in the play that makes the audience relate to the characters maybe thinking about their own weddings.
• It's also significant when the stage manager says we thought it ought to be in our play. That shows that it's a relaxed play and they just kind of put it together about everyday life. I just thought that was pretty cool.

Page 80

"Mr. Webb, I want to...I want to try. Emily, I'm going to do my best. I love you, Emily. I need you."

• George says this to Emily after Mr. Webb asks him if George thinks he can take care of Emily.
• Significant because this is George's promise to Emily that he will love her and take care of her

Page 82

"The important thing is to be happy."

• Mrs. Soames says this when she is pretty much talking to herself during the wedding
• This is one of the most significant lines in the whole play because being happy is the most important thing, and you control your own happiness. That's pretty much what the play is about. Being happy and living your life.