How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #7
MARTIN: Oh. So—you knew each other even before high school then, huh?
EDDIE: No, see, I never even knew I had a sister until it was too late.
MARTIN: How do you mean?
EDDIE: Well, by the time I found out we'd already—you know—fooled around. (471-474)
This is when we start getting into the nitty gritty of Eddie and May's forbidden love/lust. Apparently, they had already developed quite the hot and heavy relationship by the time their common (half) parentage came out. Ooops.
Quote #8
MARTIN: And you fooled around in high school together?
EDDIE: Yeah. Sure. Everybody fooled around in high school. Didn't you?
MARTIN: No. I never did.
EDDIE: Maybe you should have, Martin.
MARTIN: Well, not with my sister.
EDDIE: No, I wouldn't recommend that. (486-491)
Even though Eddie clearly is no model for how to conduct a teen romance in a safe and healthy way, he is still playing Mr. Macho for Martin, trying to look down his nose at the other man for not having fooled around in high school. Although he's generally got all the archness of overcooked pasta, even Martin knows to call shenanigans on that nonsense, suggesting that perhaps fooling around isn't all it's cracked up to be if one's siblings are involved.
Quote #9
"She just appears. She's standing there, staring at me and I'm staring back at her and we can't take our eyes off each other. It was like we knew each other from somewhere but we couldn't place here. But the second we saw each other, that very second, we knew we'd never stop being in love." (511)
Remember when we mentioned wanting to take a bath during most moments in the play? Well, this is definitely one of those moments. Here, Eddie is talking about that magical moment when he met his sister and realized he'd always be in love with her. It would be so tender and sweet… if they weren't related.