Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI don’t want realism. I want magic!
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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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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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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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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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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I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.
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I believe that the silence of God, the absolute speechlessness of Him is a long, long, and awful thing that the whole world is lost because of.
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
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The helpless can’t help the helpless.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
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