A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

Topics: Tennessee Williams Quotes

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of...

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of...

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is...

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way...

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way...

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

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

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

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

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as...

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,...

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to...

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to...

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know...

There is time for departure even when theres no certain place to go.

There is time for departure even when theres no certain place to go.

All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

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

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

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive...

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive...

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits...

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits...

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...