We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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Funerals are pretty compared to death

Funerals are pretty compared to death

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 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...

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...

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...

For time is the longest distance between two places.

For time is the longest distance between two places.

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.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

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.

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...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

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,...

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...

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

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...

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

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...

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

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

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To...

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

God made man in the beginning but man made God what He is today.

God made man in the beginning but man made God what He is today.