I 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.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSMaggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?
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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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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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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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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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Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.
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The name of a person you love is more than language.
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In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
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Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that’s true of everyone, don’t you?
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And funerals are pretty compared to deaths.
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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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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.
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