We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Quote by Tennessee Williams

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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.

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...

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...

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

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...

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

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...

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on...

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

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....

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.

Funerals are pretty compared to death

Funerals are pretty compared to death

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...

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life...

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life...

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or...

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or...