The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSMaggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial.
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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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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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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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Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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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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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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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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What you need is someone to take hold of you–gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of–and I can! I’m determined to do it–and nothing’s more determined than a cat on a tin roof–is there?
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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