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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAnd then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.
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There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
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Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.
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Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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Some things are not forgiveable.
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Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn’t love you.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love.
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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other.
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