Camino Real Quotes

“There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.”
― Tennesse Williams, Camino Real

“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“Come on, indulge yourself. You got nothing to lose that won’t be lost.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“Sometimes a man has got to hock his sweet used-to-be in order to finance his present situation...”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“Don’t! Pity! Your! Self!
The wounds of vanity, the many offenses our egos have to endure, being housed in bodies that age and hearts that grow tired, are better accepted with a tolerant smile – like this! – You see?…
Otherwise what you become is a bag full of curdled cream – leche mala as we call it! – attractive to nobody, least of all to yourself!”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“Sometimes we sleep too long in the afternoon and when we wake we find things changed, Signora.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“I knew before asking the gypsy that something of this sort would happen to you. You have a spark of anarchy in your spirit and that's not to be tolerated. Nothing wild or honest is tolerated here! It has to be extinguished or used only to light up your nose for Mr. Gutman's amusement.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real