Outward bound

“ANN: Why aren’t people kinder to each other, Scrubby? SCRUBBY: Being unkind comes more natural to most people, I’m afraid.””

— Vane, Sutton

“SCRUBBY: We’re the people who ought to have had more courage. ANN: For what? SCRUBBY: To face life. ANN: Do you remember how you became a half-way? SCRUBBY: Oh, no. I’ve been allowed to forget. I hope you’ll be allowed to forget. It would be too cruel if they didn’t let you forget in time that you killed yourselves.””

— Vane, Sutton

“SCRUBBY: You’ll find lots of new friends, ma’am. Not quite the same, but most consoling. The birds come on board occasionally – and the sky appreciates a clean good morning, and the sea’s in a good temper sometimes. Don’t always think of nature as men and women. If you’re kind to nature, nature will understand. These are some of my comforts.””

— Vane, Sutton

“HENRY: Yes – outside. And then you, Ann – I haven’t taken care of you well enough, and I’ve been a coward. Oh ! to be given back even a little while – to try again. Our future here isn’t Hell, it isn’t Heaven – it’s past imagination. SCRUBBY: Eternity.””

— Vane, Sutton

“DUKE: I say, I really oughtn’t to know, but I’d always understood you couldn’t get a drink on board a ship until she sailed? TOM: Neither you can as a rule. That never struck me – but you won’t tell anybody, will you? DUKE: It’s very queer.””

— Vane, Sutton