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46 quotes by Tennessee Williams

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The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

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For time is the longest distance between two places.

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We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

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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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Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

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Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

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There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

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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... →

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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back... →

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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down... →

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We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

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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... →

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