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  1. “PETERS: You may have read the Babylonian myth explaining why there are so many different languages in the world?

    LEONARD: No.

    PETERS: God was extremely annoyed by the racket in the streets, so he invented all the different languages to keep people from talking to each other so much.

    LEONARD: That’s pretty funny.”

    Excerpt From
    Mr. Peters' Connections, 1999
    The Penguin Arthur Miller Centennial, 1915-2015
    Arthur Miller

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  2. “PETERS: [..] Remember banana splits; four balls of ice cream on a sliced banana, covered with hand-whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and a maraschino cherry on top . . . for twenty-five cents? That, my friend, was a country, huh? I mean that was a country! —And who ever had a key to their front door?

    CALVIN: Unheard of.

    Excerpt From
    Mr. Peters' Connections, 1999
    The Penguin Arthur Miller Centennial, 1915-2015
    Arthur Miller

    #arthurmiller #mrPetersConnections #books #plays #classics