KAREN: 

I GUESS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT I'M FINALLY HAPPY.  I'VE BEEN REALLY UNHAPPY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, MY ADULT LIFE.  I DOUBT YOU'VE BEEN AWARE OF THAT.  I KNOW OUR LIVES HAVE LED US APART, YOU, ME AND IVY, AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT AS CLOSE AS WE...AS SOME FAMILIES - 

BARBARA:  

YEAH, WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOM, WHAT TO DO ABOUT MOM - 

KAREN:  

- BUT I THINK AT LEAST ONE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT I HAVEN'T WANTED TO LIVE MY UNHAPPINESS IN FULL VIEW OF MY FAMILY.  BUT NOW I'M...WELL, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY.  AND I'D REALLY LIKE US TO MAYBE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER.

BARBARA:  

YES.  YES.  

(KAREN WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND BARBARA.)

OKAY.  YES.

(THEY SEPARATE.)

- KAREN CONFIDES IN HER OLDER SISTER AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL.

  FROM 'AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY' BY TRACY LETTS, 2007