It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me tryin…

Tennessee Williams
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It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write. ✨ Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). New Selected Essays: Where I Live, p.84, New Directions Publishing
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Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level. ✨ Tennessee Williams (2009). The Night of the Iguana, p.125, New Directions Publishing
The panic disappeared under those soothing old fingers and the breathing slowed down and stopped hurting the chest as if a fox was caught in it, and then at last Mr. Kroger began to lecture the boy a … ▶
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1964). The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, p.36, Dramatists Pl … ▶
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 (1975). Memoirs, p.54, New Directions Publishing
Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1976). Three by Tenne … ▶

It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write. ✨ Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). New Selected Essays: Where I Live, p.84, New Directions Publishing

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