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Tennessee Williams Quotes about Death

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A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away.

Tennessee Williams
Death, Men, Blow
Tennessee Williams, John Patrick Shanley (2010). “The Rose Tattoo”, p.120, New Directions Publishing

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

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Death, Losing Someone, Dying
Tennessee Williams (1971). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. Kingdom of Earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. The two-character play”, p.86, New Directions Publishing

The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.

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Death, Animal, Giving
Tennessee Williams (1991). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams”, p.88, New Directions Publishing

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.

Tennessee Williams
Death, Time, Dying
Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). “New Selected Essays: Where I Live”, p.61, New Directions Publishing

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