I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Since that day, when people have spoken to me of "genius", I have felt the inside pocket to make sure my wallet's still there.

Don't you think there is always something unspoken between two people?

The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart.

Stella: And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby.. [she smiles to herself] Blanche: I guess that is what is meant by being in love.

Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.