Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.
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The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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