[HAMILTON]I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

[BURR]I am the one thing in life I can control.

[ELIZA]You and your words flooded my senses, your sentences left me defenseless. You built me palaces out of paragraphs, you built cathedrals.

[WASHINGTON]It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hungerI was just like you when I was youngerHead full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?[HAMILTON]Yes[WASHINGTON]Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder

[NINA]When I was a child I stayed wide awakeClimbed to the highest placeOn every fire escapeRestless to climbI got every scholarshipSaved every dollarThe first to go to collegeHow do I tell them whyI’m coming back home?

The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot.