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!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSSome things are not forgiveable.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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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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I don’t want realism. I want magic!
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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I can’t expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.
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The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
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Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life.
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I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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In memory everything seems to happen to music.
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early–almost before you’re half-acquainted with life–you meet the other.
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