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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.

Tennessee Williams

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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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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 right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.
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And funerals are pretty compared to deaths.
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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.
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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