When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSomething in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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Luck is believing you’re lucky.
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Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.
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Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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What you need is someone to take hold of you–gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of–and I can! I’m determined to do it–and nothing’s more determined than a cat on a tin roof–is there?
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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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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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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