You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSnatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going!
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It’s hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don’t want to write.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
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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!
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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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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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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