"There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go."
"How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven't I done time enough, haven't I served my term? can't I apply for a-pardon?"
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Source: Tennessee Williams (2004). “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, p.39, New Directions Publishing
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