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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Quotes

A dysfunctional Southern family grapples with secrets, lies, and the looming specter of death in a sweltering Mississippi Delta plantation.

Quotes

Mendacity is a system that we live in.

Tennessee Williams

deceptionsociety

What's that smell in this room? Didn't you notice it, Brick? Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?

Tennessee Williams

deceptionsociety

I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?

Tennessee Williams

couragelife

Life is important. There's nothing else to hold onto.

Tennessee Williams

lifeimportance

I've been trying to live with you for 24 years! I've been trying to live with you and love you and I've failed! I'm a human being and I've failed!

Tennessee Williams

lovefailure

I don't care if Brick is as poor as a church mouse! I love him!

Tennessee Williams

love

You can be young without money, but you can't be old without it.

Tennessee Williams

agemoney

Wouldn't it be funny if that was true? But it ain't true, is it?

Tennessee Williams

irony

Death is important. It's the only thing that makes life important.

Tennessee Williams

deathlife

I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage, that's all.

Tennessee Williams

relationship