Carson McCullers Quotes

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• I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet. Adult
• Some men are heroes by nature in that they will give all that is in them without regard to the effort or to the personal… All
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Heart
• The writer must hew the phantom rock. Inspirational
• The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is… Freedom
• Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters. Easiest
• There is so much truth in children and so little self-consciousness. It always strikes me that they are so capable of losing and finding themselves… Always Strikes
• The music left only this bad hurt in her, and a blankness. She could not remember any of the symphony, not even the last few… All
• There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. Address
• The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from… Body
• Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them. Bad
• Next to music beer was best. Beer
• And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many. Curt
• the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear. Bear
• I'm not explaining this right. What happened was this. There were these beautiful feelings and loose little pleasures inside me. And this woman was something… Assembly
• ... and we are not alone in this slavery. there are millions of others throughout the world, of all colors and races and creeds. this… All
• They are the we of me. Funny
• The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination. Best
• Listen,” F. Jasmine said. “What I’ve been trying to say is this. Doesn’t it strike you as strange that I am I, and you are… Addams
• I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely. Differences

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