Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it...

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

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...

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.

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,...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy -...

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,...

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!

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...

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

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

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 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.

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.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.

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...

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...

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

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.

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...