Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAn artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
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Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.
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The scene is memory and is therefore nonrealistic. Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart.
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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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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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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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A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
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