The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you? β¨ Tennessee Williams, Albert J. Devlin (1986). Conversations with Tennessee Williams, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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