"There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go."
"I think no more than a week after I started writing I ran into the first block. It's hard to describe it in a way that will be understandable to anyone who is not a neurotic."
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Source: Tennessee Williams (2008). “Sweet Bird of Youth”, p.16, New Directions Publishing
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