533 Quotes by Tennessee Williams

Life is such a mysteriously complicated thing that no one should really presume to judge and condemn the behavior of anyone else.

You were a wonderful lover... Such a wonderful person to go to bed with, and I think mostly because you were really indifferent to it.

Some people say that science clears up all the mysteries for us. In my opinion it only creates more!

I don’t think a married couple can go through life without laughs together any more than they can without tears.

When things don’t change, their sameness becomes an accretion.

It’s no tragedy, Freckles. Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.

I knew before asking the gypsy that something of this sort would happen to you. You have a spark of anarchy in your spirit and that’s not to be tolerated. Nothing wild or honest is tolerated here! It has to be extinguished or used only to light up your nose for Mr. Gutman’s amusement.

Time goes by so fast. Nothin’ can outrun it. Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other.

The carrion birds have tried to peck out my eyes and my tongue and my mind, but they’ve never been able to get at my heart.