“Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it?”

—  Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

Source: A Streetcar Named Desire

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American playwright 1911–1983

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