“Why you're not crippled, you just have a little defect — hardly noticeable, even!”

Amanda, Scene Two
The Glass Menagerie (1944)
Context: Why you're not crippled, you just have a little defect — hardly noticeable, even! When people have some slight disadvantage like that, they cultivate other things to make up for it — develop charm — and vivacity — and — charm!

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American playwright 1911–1983

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