Tennessee Williams Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Tennessee Williams quotes, Tennessee Williams sayings, and Tennessee Williams proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Liquor is one way out an' death's the other. Tennessee Williams
Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than broken down. Tennessee Williams
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. Tennessee Williams
We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life. Tennessee Williams
Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth. Tennessee Williams
A bedroom is just as nice as whoever sleeps in it with you. Tennessee Williams
Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. Tennessee Williams
If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed. Tennessee Williams
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams
I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really. Tennessee Williams
Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the big female weapon, and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it. Tennessee Williams
Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion. Tennessee Williams
Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. Tennessee Williams
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams
I didn't go to moon, I went much further - for time is the longest distance between two places. Tennessee Williams
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be. Tennessee Williams
I didn't go to the moon, I went much further - for time is the longest distance between two places. Tennessee Williams
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. Tennessee Williams
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it...Success is shy— it won't come out while you're watching. Tennessee Williams
You beautiful, stupid young man. That is not pot. It's hashish, Moroccan, and the finest. Tennessee Williams
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by so quick you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams
Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the one that you love doesn't love you. Tennessee Williams
There is a time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams
Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that's what hate is - not being able to use people. Tennessee Williams
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. Tennessee Williams
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains. Tennessee Williams
What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?— I wish I knew...Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can. Tennessee Williams
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. Tennessee Williams
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. Tennessee Williams