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" Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right?
Wesley: No.
Weston: That's because it's full of poison. Infected. And you recognize poison, right? You recognize it when you see it?
Wesley: Yes.
Weston: Yes, you do. I can see that you do. My poison scares you.
Wesley: Doesn't scare me.
Weston: No?
Wesley: No.
Weston: Good. You're growing up. I never saw my old man's poison until I was much older than you. Much older. And then you know how I recognized it?
Wesley: How?
Weston: Because I saw myself infected with it. That's how. I saw me carrying it around. His poison in my body. "

Sam Shepard , Curse of the Starving Class


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Sam Shepard quote : Weston: Look at my outlook. You don't envy it, right?<br />Wesley: No.<br />Weston: That's because it's full of poison. Infected. And you recognize poison, right? You recognize it when you see it?<br />Wesley: Yes.<br />Weston: Yes, you do. I can see that you do. My poison scares you.<br />Wesley: Doesn't scare me.<br />Weston: No?<br />Wesley: No.<br />Weston: Good. You're growing up. I never saw my old man's poison until I was much older than you. Much older. And then you know how I recognized it?<br />Wesley: How?<br />Weston: Because I saw myself infected with it. That's how. I saw me carrying it around. His poison in my body.