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M.L. Rio Quote: “We were a lot of things. Friends, brothers, partners in crime.”

51. “We were a lot of things. Friends, brothers, partners in crime.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Imagine having all your own thoughts and feelings tangled up with all the thoughts and feelings of a whole other person. It can be hard, sometimes, to sort out which is which.”

52. “Imagine having all your own thoughts and feelings tangled up with all the thoughts and feelings of a whole other person. It can be hard, sometimes, to sort out which is which.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “It’s possible,” I say. “I never asked. He was my friend – much more than that, truthfully – and that was enough. I didn’t need to know why.”

53. “It’s possible,” I say. “I never asked. He was my friend – much more than that, truthfully – and that was enough. I didn’t need to know why.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Not sure if I can see him as a sparrow. Too... delicate’ ‘So what kind of bird would he be?’ ‘Dunno. The sort that smacked into a window trying to have a go at its own reflection.”

54. “Not sure if I can see him as a sparrow. Too... delicate’ ‘So what kind of bird would he be?’ ‘Dunno. The sort that smacked into a window trying to have a go at its own reflection.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Enter the players. seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious futures ahead of us, though we saw no farther than the books in front of our faces. We were always surrounded by books and words and poetry, all the fierce passions of the world bound in leather and vellum.”

55. “Enter the players. seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious futures ahead of us, though we saw no farther than the books in front of our faces. We were always surrounded by books and words and poetry, all the fierce passions of the world bound in leather and vellum.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “For us, everything was a performance. Everything poetic.”

56. “For us, everything was a performance. Everything poetic.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Shakespeare is real, but his characters live in a world of real extremes. They swing from ecstasy to anguish, love to hate, wonder to terror. It’s not melodrama, though, they’re not exaggerating. Every moment is crucial.”

57. “Shakespeare is real, but his characters live in a world of real extremes. They swing from ecstasy to anguish, love to hate, wonder to terror. It’s not melodrama, though, they’re not exaggerating. Every moment is crucial.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “What were we, then? In ten years I have not found an adequate word to describe us.”

58. “What were we, then? In ten years I have not found an adequate word to describe us.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I leaned heavily on the balustrade, trembling under the weight of parallel truths that I had, until then, been able to ignore: James was in love with Wren, and I was blindly, savagely jealous.”

59. “I leaned heavily on the balustrade, trembling under the weight of parallel truths that I had, until then, been able to ignore: James was in love with Wren, and I was blindly, savagely jealous.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “The things about Shakespeare is, he’s so eloquent... he speaks the unspeakable. He turns grief and triumph and rapture and rage into words, into something we can understand. He renders the whole mystery of humanity comprehensible.”

60. “The things about Shakespeare is, he’s so eloquent... he speaks the unspeakable. He turns grief and triumph and rapture and rage into words, into something we can understand. He renders the whole mystery of humanity comprehensible.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!” Richard declared.”

61. “How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!” Richard declared.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “You can’t quantify humanity. You can’t measure it – not the way you mean to. People are passionate and flawed and fallible. They make mistakes. Their memories fade. Their eyes deceive them.”

62. “You can’t quantify humanity. You can’t measure it – not the way you mean to. People are passionate and flawed and fallible. They make mistakes. Their memories fade. Their eyes deceive them.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “It hurts too much to talk about. My teeth ache in my head. I open my mouth to speak, but what comes out instead is a gasp, a sob, and the grief that shock has kept at bay crashes through me like a flood. I pitch forward, that strange twisted laugh that’s been stuck in my throat for ten years finally bursting out.”

63. “It hurts too much to talk about. My teeth ache in my head. I open my mouth to speak, but what comes out instead is a gasp, a sob, and the grief that shock has kept at bay crashes through me like a flood. I pitch forward, that strange twisted laugh that’s been stuck in my throat for ten years finally bursting out.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.”

64. “Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Nothing makes sense to him either. His whole world is falling apart, and once he realizes he can’t stop it or fix it or change it, there’s only one thing left to do.” My eyes adjusted slowly, maddeningly. “What’s that?” His shadow shrugged in the gloom. “Absolve yourself. Blame it on fate.”

65. “Nothing makes sense to him either. His whole world is falling apart, and once he realizes he can’t stop it or fix it or change it, there’s only one thing left to do.” My eyes adjusted slowly, maddeningly. “What’s that?” His shadow shrugged in the gloom. “Absolve yourself. Blame it on fate.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “It is a unique kind of torture for an actor, to have an audiences undivided attention and to turn your back on them for shame.”

66. “It is a unique kind of torture for an actor, to have an audiences undivided attention and to turn your back on them for shame.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “But I stayed where I was, afraid to move toward him, afraid I might lose my footing on solid ground, detach from what had anchored me before and drift out into the void of space – a vagabond, wandering moon.”

67. “But I stayed where I was, afraid to move toward him, afraid I might lose my footing on solid ground, detach from what had anchored me before and drift out into the void of space – a vagabond, wandering moon.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Sleep crawled on top of me like an affectionate, purring pet-.”

68. “Sleep crawled on top of me like an affectionate, purring pet-.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Absolve yourself. Blame it on fate.”

69. “Absolve yourself. Blame it on fate.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I can still see it, lush and green and wild, in some tiny way enchanted, like Oberon’s wood, or Prospero’s island. There are things they don’t tell you about such magical places – that they’re as dangerous as they are beautiful.”

70. “I can still see it, lush and green and wild, in some tiny way enchanted, like Oberon’s wood, or Prospero’s island. There are things they don’t tell you about such magical places – that they’re as dangerous as they are beautiful.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart – by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”

71. “But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart – by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I have nothing of my own now, not even secrets.”

72. “I have nothing of my own now, not even secrets.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “You want me to stay?” I asked. I didn’t want to leave him. “Please,” he said, in a small voice. “I just couldn’t deal with the rest of them, for a while.”

73. “You want me to stay?” I asked. I didn’t want to leave him. “Please,” he said, in a small voice. “I just couldn’t deal with the rest of them, for a while.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “He drowned himself on the last day of December, and though the local authorities dragged the freezing water for days and miles, his body was never found.”

74. “He drowned himself on the last day of December, and though the local authorities dragged the freezing water for days and miles, his body was never found.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “He turned to go, and I darted around to bar his path again. My desire to keep him there had, at some point, transcended the alignment of an actor’s motivation and his character’s. I desperately wanted him to stay, seized by the nonsensical idea that if he left, I would lose him, irretrievably. “Tell me in sadness, who is that you love,” I said, searching the parts of his face I could see for a flicker of reciprocal feeling.”

75. “He turned to go, and I darted around to bar his path again. My desire to keep him there had, at some point, transcended the alignment of an actor’s motivation and his character’s. I desperately wanted him to stay, seized by the nonsensical idea that if he left, I would lose him, irretrievably. “Tell me in sadness, who is that you love,” I said, searching the parts of his face I could see for a flicker of reciprocal feeling.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Anything can feel like punishment if it’s taught poorly.”

76. “Anything can feel like punishment if it’s taught poorly.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “It’s like Romeo and Juliet.”

77. “It’s like Romeo and Juliet.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Do not let the latter prospect frighten you – if you haven’t made any enemies in life, you’ve been living too safely.”

78. “Do not let the latter prospect frighten you – if you haven’t made any enemies in life, you’ve been living too safely.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Como si la vida de Edmundo lo hubiera abandonado y lo que quedaba de la suya ya no fuera suficiente para moverse.”

79. “Como si la vida de Edmundo lo hubiera abandonado y lo que quedaba de la suya ya no fuera suficiente para moverse.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Do you blame Shakespeare for any of it?” The question is so unlikely, so nonsensical coming from such a sensible man, that I can’t suppress a smile. “I blame him for all of it,” I say.”

80. “Do you blame Shakespeare for any of it?” The question is so unlikely, so nonsensical coming from such a sensible man, that I can’t suppress a smile. “I blame him for all of it,” I say.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Only three of us left. James, Richard, me. Gunpowder, fire, fuse.”

81. “Only three of us left. James, Richard, me. Gunpowder, fire, fuse.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. With us it ambled, trotted, and galloped all through October.”

82. “Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. With us it ambled, trotted, and galloped all through October.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “She says, “Were you in love with him?” “Yes,” I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. “Yes, I was.” It’s not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I’m in love with him still.”

83. “She says, “Were you in love with him?” “Yes,” I say, simply. James and I put each other through the kind of reckless passions Gwendolyn once talked about, joy and anger and desire and despair. After all that, was it really so strange? I am no longer baffled or amazed or embarrassed by it. “Yes, I was.” It’s not the whole truth. The whole truth is, I’m in love with him still.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “James laughed brokenly, and I felt something deep between my lungs crack clean in two.”

84. “James laughed brokenly, and I felt something deep between my lungs crack clean in two.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Gli attori sono per natura instabili: creature alchemiche composte di elementi incendiari, emozione ed ego e invidia. Surriscaldali, rimestali insieme, e a volte otterrai l’oro. Altre un disastro.”

85. “Gli attori sono per natura instabili: creature alchemiche composte di elementi incendiari, emozione ed ego e invidia. Surriscaldali, rimestali insieme, e a volte otterrai l’oro. Altre un disastro.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “The lake, the broad black water, lurked in the background of every scene we played after that – like a set from a play we did once, shuffled to the back of the scene shop where it would have been quickly forgotten if we didn’t have to walk past it every day. Something changed irrevocably, in those few dark minutes James was submerged, as if the lack of oxygen had caused all our molecules to rearrange.”

86. “The lake, the broad black water, lurked in the background of every scene we played after that – like a set from a play we did once, shuffled to the back of the scene shop where it would have been quickly forgotten if we didn’t have to walk past it every day. Something changed irrevocably, in those few dark minutes James was submerged, as if the lack of oxygen had caused all our molecules to rearrange.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “He was too spotless to talk of blood and murder like Macbeth, but in the red glare of the fire he no longer looked so angelic. Instead he was handsome the way you think of the devil as handsome – forbiddingly so.”

87. “He was too spotless to talk of blood and murder like Macbeth, but in the red glare of the fire he no longer looked so angelic. Instead he was handsome the way you think of the devil as handsome – forbiddingly so.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I did not: he was but a fool that brought My answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart. A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.”

88. “I did not: he was but a fool that brought My answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart. A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “The story has changed; we both feel it. It happens just like it did ten years ago: we find Richard in the water and we know nothing will ever be the same.”

89. “The story has changed; we both feel it. It happens just like it did ten years ago: we find Richard in the water and we know nothing will ever be the same.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Actors are by nature volatile – alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”

90. “Actors are by nature volatile – alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew these sorts of things, while I always worried that they didn’t.”

91. “I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew these sorts of things, while I always worried that they didn’t.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “There are things they don’t tell you about such beautiful places – that they’re as dangerous as they are beautiful.”

92. “There are things they don’t tell you about such beautiful places – that they’re as dangerous as they are beautiful.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “There had always been small rivalries between us, but never before such an open display of hostility. With a sip of tea, I persuaded myself that we were all simply overreacting. Actors are by nature volatile – alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”

93. “There had always been small rivalries between us, but never before such an open display of hostility. With a sip of tea, I persuaded myself that we were all simply overreacting. Actors are by nature volatile – alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “When it was his turn to speak I watched him closely, uncertain whether he was acting only, or if he and I were both gnashing secrets between our teeth.”

94. “When it was his turn to speak I watched him closely, uncertain whether he was acting only, or if he and I were both gnashing secrets between our teeth.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “She turned away from the fire, and I was relieved not to find her frowning. Instead, she looked at me with a sad, stricken expression. I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew those sorts of things, while I was always worried that they didn’t.”

95. “She turned away from the fire, and I was relieved not to find her frowning. Instead, she looked at me with a sad, stricken expression. I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew those sorts of things, while I was always worried that they didn’t.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Some people saw me as Gwendolyn always cast me: simply the loyal sidekick. James was so quintessentially a hero that this didn’t bother me.”

96. “Some people saw me as Gwendolyn always cast me: simply the loyal sidekick. James was so quintessentially a hero that this didn’t bother me.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “He was the sort of actor everyone fell in love with as soon as he stepped onstage, and I was no exception.”

97. “He was the sort of actor everyone fell in love with as soon as he stepped onstage, and I was no exception.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “I decided that perhaps “brave” and “crazy” were not mutually exclusive.”

98. “I decided that perhaps “brave” and “crazy” were not mutually exclusive.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious futures ahead of us, though we saw no farther than the books in front of our faces.”

99. “There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious futures ahead of us, though we saw no farther than the books in front of our faces.”

M.L. Rio Quote: “Our holidays weren’t so different, probably – hours of reading and staring at the ceiling, isolated from siblings and parents so unfamiliar that they might as well have been different species.”

100. “Our holidays weren’t so different, probably – hours of reading and staring at the ceiling, isolated from siblings and parents so unfamiliar that they might as well have been different species.”

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