I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together
Tennessee WilliamsAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright
- Nationality: american
- Born: March 26, 1911
- Died: February 25, 1983
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moment, who live a little ahead, or a little behind.
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Victor Hugo
Fight vigorously against the wolves, but on behalf of the sheep, not against the sheep. And this you may do by inveighing against the laws and lawgivers, and yet at the same time observing these laws with the weak, lest they be offended, until they shall themselves recognize the tyranny, and understand their own liberty.
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