Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.
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Deliberate 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.
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I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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Everybody is nothing until you love them.
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A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.
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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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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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I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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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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Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?
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