Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe helpless can’t help the helpless.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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I don’t want realism. I want magic!
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Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
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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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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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Men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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The helpless can’t help the helpless.
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He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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You see, baby, after a glass or two of wine I’m inclined to extravagance.
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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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Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance.
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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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