"Sometimes you will find it and other times you won’t find it and the times you don’t find it are the times when you have got to be careful. Those are the times when you have got to remember that other times you WILL find it, not THIS time but the NEXT time, or the time AFTER that, and then you’ve got to be able to go home without it, yes, those times are the times when you have got to be able to go home without it, go home ALONE without it . . ." ____ Short story "The Mysteries of the Joy Rio" was written in 1941, first published in 1954. In 1953. Tennessee Williams wrote a similar story: "Hard Candy", set in the same cinema. Both stories are included in his second collection of short stories: "Hard Candy: A Book of Stories" which was first published in 1954 by New Directions.
"Sometimes you will find it and other times you won’t find it and the times you don’t find it are the times when you have got to be careful. Those are the times when you have got to remember that other times you WILL find it, not THIS time but the NEXT time, or the time AFTER that, and then you’ve got to be able to go home without it, yes, those times are the times when you have got to be able to go home without it, go home ALONE without it . . ." ____ Short story "The Mysteries of the Joy Rio" was written in 1941, first published in 1954. In 1953. Tennessee Williams wrote a similar story: "Hard Candy", set in the same cinema. Both stories are included in his second collection of short stories: "Hard Candy: A Book of Stories" which was first published in 1954 by New Directions.