They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSDeliberate 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.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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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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Physical beauty is passing – a transitory possession – but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart – I have all these things – aren’t taken away but grow! Increase with the years!
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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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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
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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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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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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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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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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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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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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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