The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...

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,...

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the...

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

Sometimes I think that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some...

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 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 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...

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

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...

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.

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the...

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...