All Carson McCullers Quotes
- The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself. Any
- There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall. Cold
- But no value has been put on human life; it is given to us free and taken without being paid for. What is it worth?… All
- Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone. Alone
- It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright. Broaden
- I´m a stranger in a strange land. Land
- Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have. Able
- Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for… Anything Else
- The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. Alone
- Sometimes this fellow's music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined… Candy
- It was like she was cheated. Only nobody had cheated her. So there was nobody to take it out on. However, just the same she… Cheated
- When a person knows and can't make the others understand, what does he do? Doe
- Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty. Flower
- His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years. Amidst
- She was afraid of these things that made her suddenly wonder who she was, and what she was going to be in the world, and… Afraid
- There was hope in him, and soon perhaps the outline of his journey would take form. Form
- For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage of the humanity through… Age
- I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick? Any
- The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out… Beyond
- It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid.… Afraid