All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish...

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine,...

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine,...

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

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

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

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...

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding.

Hate is a thing, a feeling, that can only exist where there is no understanding.

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

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...

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

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

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

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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!

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick...

Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you...

Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.