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The human condition2 quotes
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Alcohol as balm1 quote
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955Betrayal1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Creative impulse1 quote
The desire to create is one of the strongest urges a human spirit can contain. It will always break through. — Tennessee Williams · 1975Creativity1 quote
The desire to create is one of the strongest urges a human spirit can contain. It will always break through. — Tennessee Williams · 1975Death as a blessing1 quote
Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other. — Tennessee Williams · 1955Existential solitude1 quote
We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. — Tennessee Williams · 1957Human nature1 quote
The desire to create is one of the strongest urges a human spirit can contain. It will always break through. — Tennessee Williams · 1975Misanthropy1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Relentlessness of time1 quote
Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. — Tennessee Williams · 1951Trusting others1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953