Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you—gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of—and I can! I'm determined to do it—and nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof—is there?
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: Cat on a hot tin roof. Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer (ed. 1971)
