--- title: "1 Second Act Quotes By Connie Willis" description: "1 Second Act quotes by Connie Willis. Plus more from Connie Willis and more Second Act sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png" --- > [Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded him. "Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act," snapped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays-for-a-reason-sir-godfrey/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png) ## More by Connie Willis > [“Cyril had staked out his claim and refused to move. "Move over!" I said, freeing one hand from holding the cat to push. "Dogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/cyril-had-staked-out-his-claim-and-refused-to-move-move-over-i-said/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays-for-a-reason-sir-godfrey/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [If King Harold had had swans on his side, England would still be Saxon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/if-king-harold-had-had-swans-on-his-side-england-would-still-be-saxon/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“Sorry," he apologized. "I didn't mean to inflict my rantings on you, even though we are destined to spend the rest of our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/sorry-he-apologized-i-didn-t-mean-to-inflict-my-rantings-on-you-even/) [connie willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [A Grand Design we couldn't see because we were part of it. A Grand Design we only got occasional, fleeting glimpses of. A Grand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/a-grand-design-we-couldn-t-see-because-we-were-part-of-it-a-grand/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“Well, at least she’s asserting herself, and you don’t have to worry about her having ‘squelched girl syndrome,’ ” she said. Mary Clare ignored that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/well-at-least-she-s-asserting-herself-and-you-don-t-have-to-worry/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“Show tunes are great. Stephen Sondheim. Rodgers and Hammerstein. Wicked. Rent. The Music Man. Almost any musical will do. Except Cats.” “Why? Doesn’t it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/show-tunes-are-great-stephen-sondheim-rodgers-and-hammerstein-wicked/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/no-i-said-finally-slowness-in-answering-she-said-into-the-handheld/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [When you're a writer, the question people always ask you is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Writers hate this question. It's like asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/when-you-re-a-writer-the-question-people-always-ask-you-is-where-do/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“We live in hope that the good we do here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. We also hope to win the war.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/we-live-in-hope-that-the-good-we-do-here-on-earth-will-be-rewarded-in/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“You can't go yet, not without telling us what all's happened to you since we saw you last." I faked amnesia, nearly killed Alan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/you-can-t-go-yet-not-without-telling-us-what-all-s-happened-to-you/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/and-kissed-her-for-a-hundred-and-sixty-nine-years/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/management-cares-about-only-one-thing-paperwork-they-will-forgive/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [And every place and time an author writes about is imaginary, from Oz to Raymond Chandler's L.A. to Dickens's London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/and-every-place-and-time-an-author-writes-about-is-imaginary-from-oz/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) > [“1. Optimize potential. 2. Facilitate empowerment. 3. Implement visioning. 4. Strategize priorities. 5. Augment core structures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/1-optimize-potential-2-facilitate-empowerment-3-implement-visioning-4/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/second-act/connie-willis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Second Act Quotes By Connie Willis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason,\" Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. \"You're forgetting the Little Prince,\" Polly reminded him. \"Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act,\" snapped Sir Godfrey.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Connie Willis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays-for-a-reason-sir-godfrey/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason,\" Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie…” — Connie Willis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/second-act/connie-willis/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/second-act/connie-willis/", "name": "Second Act Quotes by Connie Willis", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/second-act/connie-willis/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/connie-willis-5208_children_shakespeare-put-no-children-in-his-plays_15566.png" }, "description": "1 Second Act quotes by Connie Willis. 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