Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks c…

Tennessee Williams
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Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1990). The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, p.526, New Directions Publishing
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