Eliza Hamilton Quotes

Eliza Hamilton: Can I show you what I’m proudest of? I establish the first private orphanage in New York City. I help to raise hundreds of children. I get to see them growing up. In their eyes I see you, Alexander.

Eliza Hamilton: I stop wasting time on tears. I live another fifty years. It’s not enough. I interview every soldier who fought by your side. I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings. You really do write like you’re running out of time. I rely on Angelica. While she’s alive, we tell your story.

Eliza Hamilton (to Alexander): Why do you write like you’re running out of time?

Eliza Hamilton: You forfeit all rights to my heart. You forfeit the place in our bed. You sleep in your office instead, with only the memories of when you were mine. I hope that you burn.

Eliza Hamilton: Do you know what Angelica said when we saw your first letter arrive? She said, “Be careful with that one, love. He will do what it takes to survive.”

Eliza Hamilton: We don’t need a legacy. We don’t need money. If I could grant you peace of mind, If you could let me inside your heart… Oh, let me be a part of the narrative in the story they will write someday. Let this moment be the first chapter: where you decide to stay and I could be enough and we could be enough that would be enough.

Eliza Schuyler: I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight. We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night, laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the room then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”