Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A…

Tennessee Williams
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light. ✨ Tennessee Williams, Margaret Bradham Thornton (2006). Notebooks, p.493, Yale University Press
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light. ✨ Tennessee Williams, Margaret Bradham Thornton (2006). Notebooks, p.493, Yale University Press

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