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> [William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!" That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/william-saroyan-wrote-a-great-play-on-this-theme-that-purity-of-heart/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [“Then what is good? The obsessive interest in human affairs, plus a certain amount of compassion and moral conviction, that first made the experience of living something that must be translated into pigment or music or bodily movement or poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/then-what-is-good-the-obsessive-interest-in-human-affairs-plus-a/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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## More by Tennessee Williams

> [“Nothing human disgusts me unless its unkind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/nothing-human-disgusts-me-unless-its-unkind/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/these-are-the-intensities-that-one-cannot-live-with-that-he-has-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/well-you-better-look-out-they-got-a-new-bureau-in-the-guvamint-files/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/people-go-to-the-movies-instead-of-moving-hollywood-characters-are/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/they-chatter-together-like-birds-on-cypress-hill-but-all-they-say-is/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/you-take-it-for-granted-that-i-am-in-something-that-i-want-to-get-out/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Guessing isn't knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/guessing-isn-t-knowing/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-respect-a-person-that-has-had-to-fight-and-howl-for-his-decency/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/life-is-all-memory-except-for-the-one-present-moment-that-goes-by-you/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/most-of-the-confidence-which-i-appear-to-feel-especially-when/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-cannot-write-any-sort-of-story-unless-there-is-at-least-one/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/i-know-so-well-what-becomes-of-unmarried-women-who-aren-t-prepared-to/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“The Jefferson is such a dignified hotel / There is no such thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/the-jefferson-is-such-a-dignified-hotel-there-is-no-such-thing/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/a-drinking-man-s-someone-who-wants-to-forget-he-isn-t-still-young-and/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

> [“As for me, no one will ever love me. But you could get used to me, couldn't you, Jimmy?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/as-for-me-no-one-will-ever-love-me-but-you-could-get-used-to-me/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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