Maggie : I think I made my mistake when I tried to tell you about Skipper. That's where I made my fatal error. Brick : Maggie... Maggie : I never should have confessed... Brick : Maggie, now you shut-up about Skipper. I mean it, you got to shut up about Skipper. Maggie : The laws of silence won't work about that. Not about Skipper and us. It's like lockin' the door on the fire in hopes of forgettin' the house is burnin' - but not lookin' at a fire doesn't put it out. This time, I'm gonna finish. That night in a hotel room, Skipper and I... Brick : I don't want to hear about it. Maggie : Why won't you face the truth just once about Skipper? About me? About yourself? Brick : Do you want me to hit you with this crutch? Maggie : You're still blamin' me for Skipper's death. Brick : [advancing] Now don't you know that I could kill you with this crutch? Maggie : Good Lord, man, d'you think I'd care if you did? Brick : Skipper and I had a friendship. Now why won't you let it alone? Maggie : It's got to be told. Brick : But I don't want to hear it. Maggie : It's got to be told and you never let me tell it. I love you, and that's worth fightin' for. Not Skipper. Skipper was no good. Brick : Maggie! Maggie : Maybe I'm no good either - nobody's good. But Brick, Skipper IS DEAD! And I'M ALIVE! Brick : Maggie! Maggie : Maggie 'the Cat' is ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Why are you afraid of the truth? Brick : Truth! [He hurls his crutch at her, misses, and pitches forward to the floor.]

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