Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influen…

Tennessee Williams
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Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. ✨ New Selected Essays: Where I Live. Book edited by John S. Bak and John Lahr, New Directions Publishing, I am widely regarded as the ghost of a writer, (1977), 2009.
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Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. ✨ New Selected Essays: Where I Live. Book edited by John S. Bak and John Lahr, New Directions Publishing, I am widely regarded as the ghost of a writer, (1977), 2009.

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