How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
Quote #1
Eddie: "I want you to be with a different kind of people. […] if you're gonna get outa here then get out; don't go practically in the same kind of neighborhood." (1.119)
Would Eddie ever really let Catherine go under any circumstances?
Quote #2
Eddie: "And then you'll move away. […] That's life. And you'll come visit on Sundays, then once a month, then Christmas and New Year's, finally." (1.130-132)
Eddie finds new and fun ways to give this guilt trip over and over again throughout the play.
Quote #3
Eddie: "I wish you the best. You know that, kid."
Catherine: "You sound like I'm goin' a million miles." (1.187-188)
To Eddie, Catherine might as well be going that far away. She's an adult now. He's losing the little girl he loves.
Quote #4
Stage Direction: Rodolpho […] with a high tenor voice begins singing:
Rodolpho: "I'll tell you boys it's tough to be alone, And it's tough to love a girl that's not your own […] I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own, A doll that other fellows cannot steal." (1.308)
Eddie becomes really agitated by this little ditty. We wonder if just maybe the words of the song remind him of Catherine.
Quote #5
Eddie: "You're runnin', Katie. I don't think you listening any more to me." (1.430)
Here comes that guilt trip again.
Quote #6
Catherine: "I know him and now I'm supposed to turn around and make a stranger out of him?" (2.57)
Catherine has a tough time abandoning Eddie because she has deep feelings for him herself.
Quote #7
Catherine, trembling with fright: "I think I have to get out of here, Eddie." (2.69)
You go, girl. This is the first time Catherine tells her uncle it's time for her to leave him.
Quote #8
Catherine: "Eddie, I'm not gonna be a baby anymore!" (2.73)
We wonder if it took Catherine so long to abandon Eddie, because she secretly enjoyed being him being in control of her life.