Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)

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

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“Don’t look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you’ll know you’re dead.” 

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“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.” 

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“Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.” 

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“I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell the truth. I tell what ought to be the truth. And if that’s sinful, then let me be damned for it!” 

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“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.” 

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“Physical beauty is passing—a transitory possession—but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart—I have all these things—aren’t taken away but grow! Increase with the years!” 

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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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“Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families.” 

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