Tennessee Williams

Film & Theater USA 1911 – 1983 98 quotes

Southern Gothic master of A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams crafted quotable lines on desire, decay, and illusion.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

The world is a jungle, and we're all just trying to survive.

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The human heart is a very resilient thing.

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We all have our secrets.

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The truth is a terrible thing, but it's the only thing we have.

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I write to escape from the world, and to find myself.

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The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

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We are all just trying to find our way home.

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The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Requiem for a Nun (William Faulkner, but often attributed to Williams due to shared themes) 1951

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

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A woman's charm is 50% illusion.

A Streetcar Named Desire 1947

The world is full of people who are afraid to live.

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We are all searching for something, even if we don't know what it is.

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The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live.

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I write about the things that haunt me.

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The human heart is a lonely hunter.

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We are all just trying to make sense of the world.

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The only way to deal with life is to laugh at it.

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I am a writer, and I write about what I know.

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The world is a stage, and we are all just players.

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We all have our demons.

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