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21 " I may not live to see our gloryBut I will gladly join the fightAnd when our children tell our storyThey'll tell the story of tonight "
― , Hamilton: The Revolution
22 " Comma sexting. It's a thing. Get into it. "
23 " BURR: Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers. The plan was to write a total of 25 essays, the work divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote 85 essays, in the span of six months. John Jay got sick after writing 5. James Madison wrote 29. Hamilton wrote the other 51. "
24 " I wish writing were really like the way Andy staged it here: Me in a mania at a desk while a group of people stand around cheering in awe. More realistically, it's me pooping around on Twitter until I get an idea. "
25 " 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. "
26 " (On Angelica in 'Satisfied')Oof. Tryin’ to out-Eponine Eponine up in this piece. "
27 " You didn't expect these notes to turn into my therapy session, did you? "
28 " 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. "
29 " Talk less. Smile more. "
30 " I’m erasing myself from the narrative. Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart. "
31 " When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart - and I thought I was so smart. "
32 " You have married an Icarus;He has flown too close to the sun "
33 " Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life. "
34 " If art can help us grieve, can help us mourn, then lean on it. "
35 " 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? "