Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAn artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. “In the time of your life–live!”
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There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be.
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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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The scene is memory and is therefore nonrealistic. Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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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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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.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn’t so funny.
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.
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