Geography and Plays

by Gertrude Stein

The older one succeeded very well in living. The younger one succeeded very well in living. The older one was successful in being living. The younger one was successful in being living. The older one came to be certain that she was not successful in being living, that she was not succeeding in living, she came to be certain that the younger one would have been successful in living if the older one had not been one protecting the younger one from knowing this thing. The older one came to be certain that she had been successful in living, that she would not be succeeding in living. The older one came to be certain that the younger one would not really be succeeding in living. The younger one came to be certain that the older one could have been succeeding in living. The younger one came to be certain that the older one would not be succeeding in living. The younger one came to be certain that she could be succeeding in living. The younger one came to be certain that it would not be an easy thing to keep on being succeeding in living. The younger came to be certain that the older one never had been keeping on succeeding in living. The younger one was certain that one could keep on succeeding in living but that this was not an easy thing.

The older sister was not ever married. The younger sister was not ever married. This is quite common, not being married. The older sister was one whom some were certain could have been married very often. Certainly if she had been a little different she might have been married again and again. Certainly she was never married. Certainly she was not needing that thing, needing being married, needing being married again and again. She certainly was talking about any such thing, talking very often about any such thing about any being married, about any being married again and again. She certainly was one knowing very many men. Certainly very many men liked this woman. Certainly she was talking about this thing about being married very often, certainly she was very often talking about this thing. Certainly she was not ever completely needing this thing, needing marrying, she certainly was not ever completely needing marrying again and again. She was never a married one. She was not ever completely needing this thing. Certainly she could think again and again of this thing, of marrying. She certainly did think about this thing about marrying. She certainly did talk about marrying again and again. She certainly did feel something about this thing about marrying again and again.

The younger sister was never married and she might sometime have come to be married and she did not come at any time to be married. She was never married. She might talk about this thing about marrying. She might feel something about this thing about marrying. She might completely need this thing, need being married. She might have come to be a married one. She did not come to be a married one. Her sister was not ever certain that she would come to be a married one, that she would not come to be a married one. Her sister was not certain about either of them that they would never come to be married ones. They were never married neither the one nor the other and certainly each one of them knew this thing that neither one of them had come to be a married one.

Certainly the older one had done something and certainly every one was content to tell about this thing about her having done something and being one every one knowing her was remembering as having been one doing something. She certainly had done something and certainly any one knowing her remembered that thing remembered that she was one having done something. She was one going on doing that thing and certainly every one knowing her knew that thing knew that she was going on doing that thing. She was one having done something and doing that thing and certainly any one knowing her remembered that thing. It was a natural thing to remember that thing, any one, every one remembered that thing.

She was one doing something and certainly in a way she was not getting old in doing that thing and certainly in a way she was completely old in doing that thing, she was not doing that thing she was so old in doing that thing. In a way she was not old in doing that thing, in doing anything and certainly then she was completely old and not really to any one doing that thing. She was not old in doing that thing, that is to say she was doing that thing, that is to say if not anything had been changing she would not have been old in doing that thing. In a way somethings are not changing and so in a way she was not old in doing that thing. Certainly to those being then doing that thing and not being old then anything is a changed thing and certainly then she was old in doing that thing.

She was not old in being living that is to say as not anything is changing she was completely not old in being living. She was pretty nearly old in being living that is to say she was not young in being living that is to say some were old in being living and she was talking to them and they were understanding and some were young in being living and they were telling something and she was certain they were not telling any such thing. She certainly was not old in being living. She certainly was not young in being living.

The younger one was certainly not an old one. She certainly was not such a young one. In a way she was certainly a young one and certainly she was such a one in not hearing some things and in telling some things and certainly this did not astonish any one and was a natural thing and certainly she was not then a young one.

She was an older one and she was certain of this thing and this was not an astonishing thing to any one and not to her sister who was not astonished at her being a younger one at her being an older one but was certainly hoping to have had this thing happening that the younger one would have been going on being a younger one and being an older one and not be remembering anything of any such thing. Certainly the younger one came to be one almost liking to be remembering something and then again she certainly came to be quite tired of doing this thing of remembering anything, of remembering being an older one and remembering being a younger one and then she came to going on being one remembering being an older one, she was then remembering being a younger one. Certainly she came to be remembering pretty nearly everything and to going on in this thing, keeping going on in this thing, steadily enough going on in this thing.

They could both of them, they did, both of them, they would, either of them, know that they were ones having been together and they were ones having been alone. The older one certainly was one having been alone, being alone, going to be alone and certainly this thing was something that she was certain she was completely needing, was something she was certain she was completely regretting, was something that certainly she was one certain she could be feeling and certainly she was feeling this thing and certainly she would be one having been feeling this thing and certainly she could never be not feeling that this was something that was a thing she was needing, she was regretting, in which she was suffering, in which she was glorying, in which she was believing, in which she was despairing, in which and by which she was really being living.

The younger one was alone and not feeling about this thing that it was an important thing, she was feeling about this thing that it was a thing that she was needing to be changing. The older one was quite certain that the younger would never be changing anything. The younger one was not certain whether she would or whether she would not be changing anything but this was not to be an important thing, the important thing for her was to be one living where she wanted to be living and to be working if she needed to be working. Certainly her sister was one to whom any such thing was an important thing and so the younger one did not tell her sister anything about this thing until she had changed everything, that is gone to where she wanted to and working because she had to.