Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.
Tennessee WilliamsRead
I don't think there is such a thing as a precise sexual orientation. I think we're all ambiguous sexually.
Interpretation
Sexual orientation is not rigidly defined, but rather a spectrum of experiences.
Tennessee Williams suggests that sexual orientation cannot be easily categorized into strict labels. Instead, he believes that people's sexual identities are fluid and complex, reflecting a range of feelings and attractions that can change over time. This perspective encourages a more nuanced understanding of human sexuality, acknowledging that everyone may possess elements of ambiguity in their sexual preferences and identities.
In practice
In a discussion about LGBTQ+ rights, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of recognizing diverse sexual identities.
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.
See we just had a misunderstanding. I thought we lived in the U.S. of A., the United States of America. But actually we live in the U.S. of A., the United States of Advertising. Freedom of expression is guaranteed? If you've got the money!
It is important to be in the 'we' of the Church, in the 'we' of the life of the Liturgy.
We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease.
There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.
If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone?
The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security ... While it has increased their striking power it has sharpened their anxiety and deepened their sense of insecurity.
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