Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWilliam Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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Don’t you just love these long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn’t just an hour — but a little bit of eternity dropped in your hands — and who knows what to do with it?
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Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.
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