In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSNobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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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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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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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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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And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
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How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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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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