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Tennessee Williams Quotes about Giving

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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

Tennessee Williams
Truth, Opposites, Giving
Tennessee Williams (1999). “The Glass Menagerie”, p.4, 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.

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

I don't want realism. I'll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!

Tennessee Williams
People, Giving, Magic
"A Streetcar Named Desire".

Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!

Tennessee Williams
People, Giving, Advice
Tennessee Williams (1990). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams”, p.18, New Directions Publishing

They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give.

Tennessee Williams
Giving, Bird, Advice
Tennessee Williams, Mel Gussow, Kenneth Holdich (2000). “Plays: 1957-1980: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur”, Hubsta Ltd

We're left alone with each other. We have to creep close to each other and give gentle little nudges with our paws and our muzzles before we can slip into sleep and rest for the next day's playtime.

Tennessee Williams
Sleep, Next Day, Giving
Tennessee Williams (1964). “The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore”, p.56, Dramatists Play Service Inc

Animals have sections in their stomachs which enable them to digest food without mastication, but human beings are supposed to chew their food before they swallow it down... So chew your food and give your salivary glands a chance to function!

Tennessee Williams
Animal, Giving, Chance
Tennessee Williams (1996). “The Glass Menagerie”, p.4, Heinemann

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