I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSomething in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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I believe that the silence of God, the absolute speechlessness of Him is a long, long, and awful thing that the whole world is lost because of.
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.
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Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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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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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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A blindness to what is going on in each other’s hearts.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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