- Oh, no. No, I always knew my stories weren't very good, but, you see, they help at home to pay the bills.
- Yes. Yes, that is what I thought.
11 seconds sound clip from the Little Women (1950) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:47:16 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Oh, don't pay any attention to me. It's just that everything happens at once.
- Well, my little sister is ill. And my trip to Europe will never be. And... Laurie.
- Laurie? Oh, yes. Your friend.
- He was in New York. He didn't even try to see me.
- And I chose this moment to criticize your writing.
- Yes. Yes, that is what I thought.
- And I said to myself, maybe I have no right to speak to her, for she does have talent.
- Great talent, little friend.
- And I say to you, sweep first the mud in the street before you are false to that talent.
- Say to yourself, I will never write a single line which I have not first felt in my own heart!
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