Fool for Love Jealousy Quotes

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Quote #1

MAY: You smell.

EDDIE: I smell.

MAY: You do.

EDDIE: I been drivin' for days.

MAY: Your fingers smell.

EDDIE: Horses.

MAY: Pussy. (5-11)

May is immediately sure that Eddie has been fooling around with other women right up to the time he came looking for her and begging her to come back with him. Apparently, he hasn't been the most faithful bunny.

Quote #2

MAY: (quietly, staying in corner) I'm gonna' kill her ya' know.

EDDIE: Who?

MAY: Who.

EDDIE: Don't talk like that. (37-40)

May's jealousy about the Countess is so intense that she threatens to harm her multiple times throughout the play.

Quote #3

MAY: Was this before or after your little fling with the Countess?

EDDIE: (he bangs his head into wall. Wall booms) There wasn't any fling with any Countess!

MAY: You're a liar.

EDDIE: I took her out to dinner once, okay?

MAY: Ha! (She moves upstage-right wall.)

EDDIE: Twice.

MAY: You were bumping her on a regular basis! Don't gimme that s***.

EDDIE: You can believe whatever you want.

MAY: (she stops by bathroom door, opposite Eddie) I'll believe the truth! It's less confusing. (57-65)

May and Eddie both accuse each other of being unfaithful throughout the play. Of course, the difference is that Eddie was actually cheating on May (a lot, apparently), whereas it seems May had only started seeing Martin after Eddie ran out on her this last time and she flew the coop, deciding not to wait on his return.