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.
Tennessee WilliamsA vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
Tennessee WilliamsOnly some radical change can divert the downward course of my spirit, some startling new place or people to arrest the drift, the drag.
Tennessee WilliamsAmerica has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.
Tennessee WilliamsWhen I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse. The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin' orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.
Tennessee Williams