The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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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...

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

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!

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....

Luck is believing you're lucky.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

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...

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

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

All good art is an indiscretion.

All good art is an indiscretion.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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...

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...

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...

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...