The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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Blanche: No, I have the misfortune of being an English instructor. I attempt to instill a bunch of bobby-soxers and drugstore Romeos with a reverence for Hawthorne and Whitman and Poe!
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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’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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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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At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.
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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable. –Blanche Dubois
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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