The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

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...

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.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

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...

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.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

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...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a...

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.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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,...