Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
Tennessee WilliamsRead
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
Interpretation
Elevated status comes from how one gracefully endures difficult times.
This quote by Tennessee Williams emphasizes that true nobility or high standing in life is not simply given but is achieved through one's courage and grace in navigating through challenging and often dreadful experiences. It highlights the importance of resilience and the ability to maintain dignity even in the face of adversity.
In practice
In a graduation speech, a keynote speaker might use this quote to inspire students facing future challenges.
Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.
Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.
Success and failure are equally disastrous.
The rest of my days I'm going to spend on the sea. And when I die, I'm going to die on the sea. You know what I shall die of? I shall die of eating an unwashed grape. One day out on the ocean I will die — with my hand in the hand of some nice-looking ship's doctor, a very young one with a small blond moustache and a big silver watch.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Knowledge is like a knife. In the hands of a well-balanced adult it is an instrument for good of inestimable value; but in the hands of a child, an idiot, a criminal, a drunkard or an insane man, it may cause havoc, misery, suffering and crime. Science and religion have this in common, that their noble aims, their power for good, have often, with wrong men, deteriorated into a boomerang to the human race.
Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.
But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let us forgive him! For the Quest is achieved, and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam
Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.
Make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul.
The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think.
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