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

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future....

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!

We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!

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

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

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.

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch...

A witch and a bitch always dress up for each other, because otherwise the witch...

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...

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever...

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever...

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but...

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but...

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark...

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark...

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...

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.

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.

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who...

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who...