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Val: Why do you go out there?
Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice.
Val: What advice do they give?
Sandra: Just one word- live!


Tennessee Williams

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Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.

(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)
HORACE LORD GORING:
I am glad you have called. I am going to give you some good advice.
MRS. CHEVELEY...
OSCAR WILDE LORD GORING:
My father told me to go to bed an hour ago. I don't see why I shouldn't give you ...
OSCAR WILDE Never give advice...
A wise man won't need it
A fool won't heed it.
UNKNOWN I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess,
I think I posses...
RENé DAUMAL That wasn't Josh Hartnett; that kid was eighteen years old," Kate said.

I told you, they ...
JULIE JAMES It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of p...
VIDAL SASSOON Witches are naturally nosy,” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet...
TERRY PRATCHETT Keep Moving...
Move forward
Let go
Give in
Decide
and just Do
Progres...
EMMA DALEY Why am I fighting to live,
If I am just living to fight
Why am I trying to see.
Whe...
TUPAC SHAKUR The Top Ten Reasons Why Virgin Val Sucks
10. She called me a one-hit-wonder.
9. She doesn�...
KELLY ORAM A Word is Dead

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.

I sa...
EMILY DICKINSON When the boys come with the intention of hurting you,
my advice will always stay the same, my d...
CAITLYN SIEHL Overheard on a Saltmarsh"

Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?

Green glass, gobl...
HAROLD MONRO THE UNFORGIVEN


Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people:
...
SUZY KASSEM Reckoner Super Plan for Killing Regalia...

Step One: find Regalia, then totally explod...
BRANDON SANDERSON Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies.

(No...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Exactly when will you give up?

When things will seem out of your hands ?

When ...
SANHITA BARUAH I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?"
Pass,...
SARAH DESSEN Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why ...
TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO Good God, you don’t give up.”
“Nope.”
I laughed, couldn’t help it, and his
...
J. LYNN Do you have any advice for your readers?

Lead the life that’s yours instead of faking s...
SANDY NATHAN Why am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see, when there aint n...
TUPAC SHAKUR I feel like I’m going to die,’ he says.
‘Could we talk for a few minutes before you die?�...
DOUG MACLEOD A true friend knows when to give advice and when to just listen.
"stuff I think about" book by ...
SONDRA FAYE A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend."
His Mother says: "Why did yo...
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes you step in to give someone advice and they think you’re telling them what to do. Then y...
KAORU SHINMON There were people who went to sleep last night,
poor and rich and white and black,
but t...
MAYA ANGELOU Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or somethin...
NEIL GAIMAN Do you know your Bible?'
'Uh, not very well.'
'It merits study, it contains very practical...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN People fail because one of two reasons:

1: They don't know what to do to improve
2: ...
ROB LIANO Why do you live?
Because I have something worth living for.
J.K. ROWLING The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following:

1....
JODI PICOULT No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do
LANA DEL REY Her phone beeps and she pulls it out again. She frowns.

I give her a side-eye. “Everyth...
ASHLEY POSTON Aunt Jettie: "yes, i'm wandering the earth seeking revenge on ben & jerry for giving me the fat ...
MOLLY HARPER Advice to my younger self:

1 Start where you are with what you have
2 Try not to hur...
GERMANY KENT The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and se...
KENT M. KEITH There are people who break you down by just being them

They need not do anything
<...
MALEBO SEPHODI Here we go then," Dad says. "Motoring towards our dreams, Bridge."
"You shouldn't follow dreams...
JOANNA CAMPBELL You totally need to watch the news."
"Can't."
"Why?"
"It's too depressing."
"Rig...
DARYNDA JONES What do you do?' she asks, holding out the vest.
'What do you do?'
'What do you do?' she a...
BRET EASTON ELLIS Why did they go away, do you think? If there ever were such things."
"Who knows? Times change. ...
PETER S. BEAGLE It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.
OSCAR WILDE You look like Cinderella," said Val in awe.
"Yeah, if she'd been into bondage and had Christian...
DANIEL O'MALLEY My uncle ordered popovers
from the restaurant's bill of fare.
And, when they were served,
h...
DR. SEUSS (THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL) The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to d...
HARRY S TRUMAN heel even gelukkig zijn, zo nu en dan,
vlak voordat ik val,
meer kan ik niet
maar mis...
TOON TELLEGEN It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
OSCAR WILDE It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal
OSCAR WILDE If I didn't care for fun and such,
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I...
DOROTHY PARKER We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The best advice you can give anyone consists of one word only, given at precisely the right moment.
GLEN MCDIARMID Intriguing isn't it? One day you are the king of your world. And the next day, you stand aside, watc...
ALEENA YASIN How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live ‘em.
How much love inside a friend...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Why people become writers??
It's logical, they don't have what to do and they are bored and the...
DEYTH BANGER How do you love your children?
By doing what's best for them.
Then how would you love your...
J. GRANT HOWARD One of them says, 'Why did they do it?'
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That ...
NAOMI ALDERMAN If you don't
think it's a good deal you don't think you should be doing this challenge
o...
JOEY GILBERT What I like doing best is Nothing."

"How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wond...
A.A. MILNE The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.
EDEN PHILLPOTTS Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?
Vicky: Why do you want to live?
Lermontov: Well, I do...
THE RED SHOES Do you want a cookie?
- What?
- A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?
- No.
-...
NICHOLAS SPARKS He wasn’t that careful, Lucan. I think you’ve got him mixed up with someone else.”

...
J.A. HUSS Don't Just

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just ch...
ROY T. BENNETT To A Squirrel At Kyle-Na-No

Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the s...
W.B. YEATS what do you miss
do they miss you
when they're around
do they support your peace
R.H. SIN This meal we just ate?" says Aunt Lydia. "In many countries, this sort of meal would only be eaten b...
GEORGE SAUNDERS Readin' all those books makes me wonder whether
anyone ever dies natural."

" They...
RICHMAL CROMPTON Word of advice. These have a kick, so don’t suck too hard—”
Holy hypoxia, Batman.
J.R. WARD There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would li...
LIBBA BRAY I promise you
I will try harder
to be better.
I
have battled with things
...
TYLER KNOTT GREGSON Give me a few minutes.”
“You have time.” He sat in the grass.
“Are you just going ...
ILONA ANDREWS People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

I...
MOTHER TERESA If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever y...
GORDON RAMSAY Can I just point something out?" Fletcher asked. "That is an awful plan. On a scale of one ...
DEREK LANDY What do we do while we wait for my parents to find Jersey?” She let him go, took a step back.
KASI BLAKE [...] Mom’s not keeping me out because it’s a dead friend, she’s keeping me out because it’s...
DAN WELLS It's advice, not a commandment.
Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Tell me what I can do to help you feel better."

Well...I always like when you kiss me...<...
KRISTIN CASHORE Just give me many chances
I'll see you though it all
Just give me time to learn
To crawl
RICKIE LEE JONES O woman,
father says natural is beautiful
so why do you redden your cheeks
and blac...
KAMAND KOJOURI Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might b...
ABAGAIL JOHNSON Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might b...
ABIGAIL JOHNSON And what cats have to tell
on each return from hell
is this: that dying is what the living...
ALASTAIR REID What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?
The barbarians are due here today.
Why is...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS Why did You give us so many stories about miracles? Why did You
send Your Son down from heaven?...
MATTHEW QUICK Gunfire cracked around them.
“Just warning shots,” he yelled.
“How do you know?”...
BRYNN KELLY You see, Squirt, there's heaven, and then there's hell. Hell is where they send all the bad people, ...
BROOKE DAVIS I had no idea what humans were capable of. I heard they were crafty, but how are they able to do suc...
PATRICK JENNINGS For those ladies out there who are listening, let me give you some free advice: If a guy who you jus...
EMMA CHASE I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then adv...
HARRY S TRUMAN Ladies let me give you some advice: Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing ...
TUCKER MAX Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can ...
LOPE DE VEGA whatever you do
be gentle with yourself.
you don’t just live
in this world
or ...
SANOBER KHAN Do me a favor, doc?"

"Anything, Captain."

"Stop italicizing the word 'C...
HOWARD TAYLER I was heading for the city in the south, of which they used to say in our village:
‘There are...
FRANZ KAFKA Dead grass is awakened by fire,
dead earth is awakened by rain.
One life will give way ...
SUSAN DENNARD why can't you see i'm a kid', said the kid.
Why try to make me like you?
Why are you hurt ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

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--Blanche Dubois
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Nothing's more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof...
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret havin...
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Just another four letter word
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you s...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Jim lights a cigarette and leans indolently back on his elbow smiling at Laura with a warmth and cha...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I know all about the tyranny of women.
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I giv...
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Bec...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Possess your soul in patience - you will see!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I'll be all right in a minute, I'm just bewildered - by life...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else.
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS But here there was only hot swing music and liquor, dance halls, ban, and movies, and sex that hung ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Why, man alive, Laura! Just look about you a little. What do you see? A world full of common people!...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS attempting to find in motion what was lost in space.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Yes, movies! Look at them — All of those glamorous people — having adventures — hogging it all...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS She lives in a world of her own – a world of – little glass ornaments…
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS People are not so dreadful when you know them. That's what you have to remember! And everybody has p...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am w...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I never met a woman that didn’t know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and some o...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS This was a respect in which he paid due homage to the wise old spirit of the late Emiel Kroger, that...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is les...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS It was useless trying to explain to Cecila that poetry wasn't a commodity, that it could never be bo...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortu...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Princess, the great difference between people in this world is not between the rich and the poor or ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS You've got many refinements. I don't think you need to worry about your failure at long division. I ...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. Wh...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Success and failure are equally disastrous.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS For time is the longest distance between two places.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senil...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch i...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS In memory everything seems to happen to music.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Time rushes toward us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is prepar...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewr...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in ...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of ...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS You said, They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people. -- What, I asked you, is harmle...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincer...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to ...
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.
TENNESSEE (THOMAS LANIER) WILLIAMS You can't cheat the public for long.
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