The Violets

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

We're all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
― Tennessee Williams

Physical beauty is passing - a transitory possession - but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart - I have all these things - aren't taken away but grow! Increase with the years!
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire