How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from West Side Story.
Quote #4
TONY: Maria!
I've just met a girl named Maria,
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me.
Maria!
I've just kissed a girl named Maria,
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Maria!
Say it loud and there's music playing,
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.
This is love in its first bloom. He talks about her name like it's something he'd never heard before, and is now just the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world. That's what young love feels like.
Quote #5
BERNARDO: Everywhere grime in America,
Organized crime in America,
Terrible time in America.ANITA: You forget I'm in America!
"America" turns into a feisty give-and-take between the guys and the gals. Anita loves life in the U.S. Bernardo doesn't, but you come away with the real sense that these two are going to have epic, earth-shattering nookie when this little number is over.
Quote #6
ANITA: Anita's gonna get her kicks
Tonight.
We'll have our private little mix
Tonight.
He'll walk in hot and tired,
Poor dear.
Don't matter if he's tired,
As long as he's here
Tonight!
Never forget that Anita loves Bernardo almost as much as Tony and Maria love each other. That sends her into very, very dark places once her true love dies. Her love is a little, let's say…more "mature" than Maria's.