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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThe future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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Everybody is nothing until you love them.
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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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I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
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I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.
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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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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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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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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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