Williams in 1965

“Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see …each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. That’s how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each other’s naked hearts.”

 ~ Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier Williams III was an American playwright and screenwriter who is considered one of the most important playwrights of 20th century American drama. He’s best known for his plays A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie, which critics consider American classics. His work explored the human condition and societal constraints, often weaving autobiographical elements into his plays. (Wikipedia.org)

Born March 26, 1911, Columbus, MS

Died February 25, 1983 (age 71 years), New York, NY