And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSLife is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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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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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
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In memory everything seems to happen to music.
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Not facing a fire doesn’t put it out.
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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin’ orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
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Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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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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What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? – I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.
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I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect.
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