In memory everything seems to happen to music.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSWe have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Physical beauty is passing – a transitory possession – but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart – I have all these things – aren’t taken away but grow! Increase with the years!
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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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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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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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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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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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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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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Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
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