You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name'…

Tennessee Williams
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You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name' is a fiction created with mirrors and that the only somebody worth being is the solitary and unseen you that existed from your first breath ✨ Tennessee Williams (1990). The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, p.140, New Directions Publishing
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