Youth must be wanton, youth must be quick, Dance to the candle while lasteth the wick.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI believe that the silence of God, the absolute speechlessness of Him is a long, long, and awful thing that the whole world is lost because of.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be.
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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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Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
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An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.
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Success and failure are equally disastrous.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person.
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We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.
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Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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I am more faithful than I intended to be!
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We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.
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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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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.
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The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.
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