I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSThis 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.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.
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To change is to live, to live is to change, and not to change is to die.
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Maggie, we’re through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
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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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When you’re going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair, the death of someone you love, or some other disorder in your life, then you have no refuge but writing.
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The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.
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Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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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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Some things are not forgiveable.
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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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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
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