Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSOh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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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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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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It is, perhaps more than anything else, the arrest of time which has taken place in a completed work of art that gives certain plays their feeling of depth and significance.
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To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.
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Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one’s own character to himself.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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