Littles Quotes by Tennessee Williams

11 Littles quotes by Tennessee Williams

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Williams often let the smallest gestures reveal the deepest longing. In eleven compact quotes he turns the ordinary into something tender and raw, giving you a brief but resonant look at how the little things can echo larger emotions.

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I always said little Truman had a voice so high it could only be detected by bats.

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-You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have…

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Why, man alive, Laura! Just look about you a little. What do you see? A world full of common people! All of…

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There are no 'good' or 'bad' people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by…

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We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with our paws…

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I'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I…

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Don't you just love these long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour — but a little…

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Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little…

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I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or…

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Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me,…

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I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in…

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“Well, you better look out. They got a new bureau in the guvamint files. It’s called U.W. Stands for Useless Wimmen. Tha’s secret plans…

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People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in…

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They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the…

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You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of.

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Guessing isn't knowing.

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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.

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Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

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Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

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I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

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I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South…

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“The Jefferson is such a dignified hotel / There is no such thing.”

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“A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing”

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“As for me, no one will ever love me. But you could get used to me, couldn't you, Jimmy?”

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