Devil Quote by Tennessee Williams

“Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.”

Tennessee Williams

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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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