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“I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.”

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This book brings together a diverse array of short stories, showcasing the talents of multiple writers across different genres and styles. more

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Tennessee Williams

American playwright, renowned for his profound psychological portrayals and unique dramatic style. His notable works include 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'The Glass Menagerie'. more

“When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he rhymed her eyes with life and death: "Thru Time I'll save my love!" he said. . . yet Beauty vanished with his breath, and, with her lovers, she was dead. . . -Ever his wit and not her eyes, ever his art and not her hair: "Who'd learn a trick in rhyme, be wise and pause before his sonnet there". . . So all my words, however true, might sing you to a thousandth June, and no one ever know that you were Beauty for an afternoon.”

Knows Men Art Said Might Eye Wise Hair Lovers Hundred Breaths Wit Tricks Vanity Life And Death Afternoon Her Eyes Pauses Rhyme June Sonnet Being Wise

Book:This Side of Paradise

Source: This Side of Paradise

“dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life.”

Knows Bigs Names Dear Dear God

Book:Moonstruck: Joe Versus the Volcano ; And, Five Corners : Screenplays

Source: Moonstruck: Joe Versus the Volcano ; And, Five Corners : Screenplays

“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”

Love Should Death Dies Novelists Existentialism Mortality Circus Love Each Other Love And Death Triviality Lack Of Love Meaningless Life

Book:The Captain is Out to Lunch

Source: The Captain is Out to Lunch

“Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.”

Inspirational Humility Pride Humble Be Humble Haughty

Author:Mark Twain

“So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human? I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.”

World Humans Mean Children Earth Lying Answers Knowing Sorrow Not Sure What It Means To Be Human

Book:Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Source: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

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