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41 " Sometimes the right person tells the right story at the right moment, and through a combination of luck and design, a creative expression gains new force. "
― , Hamilton: The Revolution
42 " (On Angelica in 'Satisfied')Oof. Tryin’ to out-Eponine Eponine up in this piece. "
43 " You didn't expect these notes to turn into my therapy session, did you? "
44 " This was the way into Burr. I knew he and Hamilton circled each other all their lives, I knew they went from friends to frenemies to foes, but it wasn’t til I read this detail online—that Theodosia was married to a British officer when Aaron Burr met her, and he waited until she was available—that the character of Burr came free in my imagination. Imagine Hamilton waiting—for anything. That’s when I realized our task was to dramatize not two ideological opposites, but a fundamental difference in temperament. "
45 " Talk less. Smile more. "
46 " I’m erasing myself from the narrative. Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart. "
47 " When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart - and I thought I was so smart. "
48 " You have married an Icarus;He has flown too close to the sun "
49 " Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life. "
50 " If art can help us grieve, can help us mourn, then lean on it. "
51 " How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive?How do you write like you need it to survive?How do you write ev’ry second you’re alive?Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive? "