I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSomething in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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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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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.
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Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
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I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? – I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
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