I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSA high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.
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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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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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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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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.
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They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!
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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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The biggest of all differences in this world is between the ones that had or have pleasure in love and those that haven’t and hadn’t any pleasure in love, but just watched with sick envy.
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There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice.
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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
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Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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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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