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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSEverybody is nothing until you love them.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?
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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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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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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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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
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To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.
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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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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 gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life.
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