The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAll good art is an indiscretion.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you.
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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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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Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
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All good art is an indiscretion.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?
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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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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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We lose the magic whenever we stop telling our story and begin to wonder how we’re doing, if we’re selling it, if the listener likes us.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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