People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are su…

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People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in America sits in a dark room and watches them have them. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1996). The Glass Menagerie, p.47, Heinemann
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attempting to find in motion what was lost in space. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1999). The Glass Menagerie, p.12, New Directions Publishing
At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1996). The Glass Menagerie, p.7, Heinemann
Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer! ✨ Tennessee Williams (1996). The Glass Menagerie, p.75, Heinemann
For time is the longest distance between two places. ✨ The Glass Menagerie (1945) p. 123
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People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in America sits in a dark room and watches them have them. ✨ Tennessee Williams (1996). The Glass Menagerie, p.47, Heinemann

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