Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSAll cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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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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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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Guessing isn’t knowing.
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Luck is believing you’re lucky.
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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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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
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Your belief is contagious. Others say – He is vain – but they are affected.
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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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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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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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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
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All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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The 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.
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