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“Stanley:
Delicate piece she is.
Stella:
She is. She was. You didn't know Blanche as a girl. Nobody, nobody, was tender and trusting as she was. But people like you abused her, and forced her to change.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
Delicate piece she is.
Stella:
She is. She was. You didn't know Blanche as a girl. Nobody, nobody, was tender and trusting as she was. But people like you abused her, and forced her to change.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart...”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“Oh, you can't describe someone you're in love with!”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.
This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
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