# Robert Patrick

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Robert Patrick O'Connor (né le 27 septembre 1937), connu sous le nom de Robert Patrick, est un dramaturge américain.

## Untold Decades: Seven Comedies of Gay Romance (1988)

* (en) For people like us it is necessary to be a bit stronger, more self-critical, more observant than the usual run. Whether we happen to come already enhanced with these qualities, as some have claimed, or whether our situation invests them in us, we have traditionally - and we do have a long and proud tradition - been a little finer, a little firmer, more sensitive and flexible than others […] The easiest armor to put on is always cruelty. That armor will, indeed, see you through everything. Vicious condescension toward those without your strength can make you feel momentarily superior. But that easy armor must be forgone. […] Never, Ralph, never for an instant permit yourself to feel anything other than pity and deepest sympathy for unfortunate comrades who have, after all, fallen in the same battle.
* "One of Those People." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 10
Révérend Lawson : Tout ce livre ne consiste que de jeunes hommes qui font des actes homosexuelles ensemble ! Bill : Eh bien, qu'est-ce qu'ils auraient pu faire d'autre ?
* (en) Reverend Lawson : This entire book is nothing but young men doing homosexual things together. Bill : Well, what else could they do together?
* "Bill Batchelor Road." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 80
Révérend Lawson : Vous avez séduit ces jeunes hommes pour en faire de la pourriture ! Bob : Nous pensons que le corps humain n'est de la pourriture que quand il est un cadavre, révérend Lawson! Bill : Nous avons aimé chaque centimètre de ces jeunes. Bob : Chaque fois qu'on pouvait. Bill : Et nous les avons envoyés à la guerre, puisqu'ils devaient y aller, avec chaque coin de leur corps— Bob : Frissonnant de baisers et d'amour.
* (en) Reverend Lawson : You lured those boys in here and made filth of them! Bob : We don't think human bodies is filth until they're corpses, Reverend Lawson! Bill : We loved every inch of those boys. Bob : Every chance we got. Bill : And we sent them away to war, since they had to go, with every surface of them— Bob : Tinglin' with kisses an' love.
* "Bill Batchelor Road." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 86
* (en) Bob : People came here for religious freedom, and we worshipped those boys.
* "Bill Batchelor Road." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 87
* (en) Don't bother to answer back. Anything said to me at this point might as well be written on a decomposing squash. The brain goes first, you know -- except the portions dedicated to pain, which are apparently immune.
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 204
* (en) I want to give it all away before some fool plays disco at my funeral, and then the record gets stuck, and nobody can tell, and the service goes on forever!
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 205
* (en) God, think of the great men that have nibbled on me, and now I'm nothing but a snack for a virus - something that can't even decide if it's an animal or a plant.
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 206
* (en) I tried to make up by offering to be a subject for any cute tricks that science might want to try. And [the doctor] said, "Mr. Wood, we cannot use you as an experimental animal," and I told him, "Doc, I’m an effeminate queer, I’ve never been used as anything else!"
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 207
* (en) Must one go through the five official stages? What are those five stages again: "anger, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance." Well, back up: here comes my acceptance speech. "I am now, and I have always been a flaming faggot, responsible for style in its every manifestation. I have my own five steps: flippancy, sentimentality, sarcasm, camp, and smut. They've got me through life, and deity dammit, they'll get me through death!"
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 209
* (en) You're right, you're always right, yes, yes, of course. Love will survive. They couldn't kill it with purple hair-do's, they can't kill it with a plague. Boys will fall in love with each other's earlobes if all else should fail. Because it never really was about sex, was it? It was about love.
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 211
* (en) If you have to do something, write me a funny AIDS play. Sure you can. It's the biggest joke played on us since sex itself - and with the longest punch line.
* "Pouf Positive." Dans Untold decades: seven comedies of gay romance, Robert Patrick, éd. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 212
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