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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSIf I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn’t love you.
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Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
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Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we’re doing, if we’re selling it, if the listener likes us.
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
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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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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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William 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!”
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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