Eugene O'Neill

For de little stealin' dey gits you in jail soon or late. For de big stealin' dey makes you emperor and puts you in de Hall of Fame.
--The Emporer Jones

God is a Mother.
--Strange Interlude

The dead! Why can't the dead die!
--The Haunted

An amazing site containing audio recordings of many of O'Neill's plays
http://www.eoneill.com/