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Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 1985
Died: February 25
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Columbus
Mississippi
Thomas Lanier Williams III
Thomas Lanier Williams
Thomas Williams
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Jim lights a cigarette and leans indolently back on his elbow smiling at Laura with a warmth and charm which lights her inwardly with altar candles.
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For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura -- and so goodbye. . . .
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If people behaved in the same way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets.
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A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.
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We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
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In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
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An artist must believe in himself - Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence - but passionately. Your belief is contagious. Others say - He is vain - but they are affected.
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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
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