But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThere is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant.
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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I don’t believe in “original sin.” I don’t believe in “guilt.” I don’t believe in villains or heroes – only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
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What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.
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Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
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Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?
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The human heart would never pass the drunk test…. If you took the human heart out of the human body and put a pair of legs on it and told it to walk a straight line, it couldn’t do it.
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If you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of being anyone else?
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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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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