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Carson McCullers quotes: I wish I was somebody else except me. I wish I was somebody else except me.
Carson McCullers quotes: There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
Carson McCullers quotes: The old bitterness came up in him and he did not have time to cogitate and push it down. The old bitterness came up in him and he did not have time to cogitate and push it down.
Carson McCullers quotes: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Carson McCullers quotes: They are the we of me. They are the we of me.
Carson McCullers quotes: And now, as a summer flower shatters in September ,it was finished. And now, as a summer flower shatters in September ,it was finished.
Carson McCullers quotes: There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall. There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall.
Carson McCullers quotes: You don't know what it is to store up a lot of details and then come upon something real. You don't know what it is to store up a lot of details and then come upon something real.
Carson McCullers quotes: The eyes of his friend were moist and dark, and in them he saw the little rectangled pictures of himself that he had watched a thousand times. The eyes of his friend were moist and dark, and in them he saw the little rectangled pictures of himself that he had watched a thousand times.
Carson McCullers quotes: German lieder is creepy music. That's why I specialize in it. German lieder is creepy music. That's why I specialize in it.
Carson McCullers quotes: I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen. I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.
Carson McCullers quotes: She had always kept things to herself. That was one sure truth. She had always kept things to herself. That was one sure truth.
Carson McCullers quotes: Next to music, beer was best. Next to music, beer was best.
Carson McCullers quotes: Each day was very much like any other day, because they were alone so much that nothing ever disturbed them. Each day was very much like any other day, because they were alone so much that nothing ever disturbed them.
Carson McCullers quotes: He was thinking that in nearly every person there was some special physical part kept always guarded. He was thinking that in nearly every person there was some special physical part kept always guarded.
Carson McCullers quotes: Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister. Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister.
Carson McCullers quotes: In her heart it didn't give her near the same feeling that music did. Nothing was really as good as music. In her heart it didn't give her near the same feeling that music did. Nothing was really as good as music.
Carson McCullers quotes: I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past. I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.
Carson McCullers quotes: The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else. The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.
Carson McCullers quotes: How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind? How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?
Carson McCullers quotes: Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty. Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.
Carson McCullers quotes: A fellow can't live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness. A fellow can't live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness.
Carson McCullers quotes: The world is certainty a sudden place. The world is certainty a sudden place.
Carson McCullers quotes: Why did he go onward? Why did he not rest here upon the bottom of utmost humiliation and for a while take his content?But he went onward. Why did he go onward? Why did he not rest here upon the bottom of utmost humiliation and for a while take his content?
But he went onward.
Carson McCullers quotes: The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself. The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.
Carson McCullers quotes: Coming down was the hardest part of any climbing. Coming down was the hardest part of any climbing.
Carson McCullers quotes: We are homesick most for the places we have never known. We are homesick most for the places we have never known.
Carson McCullers quotes: All we can do is go around telling the truth. All we can do is go around telling the truth.
Carson McCullers quotes: To know who you are, you have to have a place to come from. To know who you are, you have to have a place to come from.
Carson McCullers quotes: If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.
Carson McCullers quotes: Mick had heard Portia say thatbefore, but she had thought it was atale. How could a colored man be adoctor? Mick had heard Portia say that
before, but she had thought it was a
tale. How could a colored man be a
doctor?
Carson McCullers quotes: The human heart is a lonely hunter-but the search for us southerners is more anguished ... The human heart is a lonely hunter-but the search for us southerners is more anguished ...
Carson McCullers quotes: I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet. I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.
Carson McCullers quotes: He could not understand the wild quiver of his heart, nor the following sense of recklessness and grace that lingered after she was gone. He could not understand the wild quiver of his heart, nor the following sense of recklessness and grace that lingered after she was gone.
Carson McCullers quotes: I have more to say than Hemingway, and God knows, I say it better than Faulkner. I have more to say than Hemingway, and God knows, I say it better than Faulkner.
Carson McCullers quotes: Love is the main generator of all good writing ... Love, passion, compassion, are all welded together. Love is the main generator of all good writing ... Love, passion, compassion, are all welded together.
Carson McCullers quotes: His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years. His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years.
Carson McCullers quotes: I must go home periodically to renew my sense of horror. I must go home periodically to renew my sense of horror.
Carson McCullers quotes: The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.
Carson McCullers quotes: I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what this real want was she did not know. I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what this real want was she did not know.
Carson McCullers quotes: Because of the insolence of all the white race he was afraid to lose his dignity in friendliness. Because of the insolence of all the white race he was afraid to lose his dignity in friendliness.
Carson McCullers quotes: What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle. What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle.
Carson McCullers quotes: Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone. Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.
Carson McCullers quotes: Sunday afternoons are the longest afternoons of all ... Sunday afternoons are the longest afternoons of all ...
Carson McCullers quotes: In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it. In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it up enough to change it.
Carson McCullers quotes: Writing, for me, is a search for God. Writing, for me, is a search for God.
Carson McCullers quotes: The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen. The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen.
Carson McCullers quotes: The way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear. The way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.
Carson McCullers quotes: The warring love and hatredlove for his people and hatred for the oppressors of his peoplethat left him exhausted and sick in spirit. The warring love and hatred
love for his people and hatred for the oppressors of his people
that left him exhausted and sick in spirit.
Carson McCullers quotes: And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many. And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.
Carson McCullers quotes: She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. One or the other. She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. One or the other.
Carson McCullers quotes: He was like a man who had served a term in prison or had been to Harvard College or had lived for a long time with foreigners in South America. He was like a man who had served a term in prison or had been to Harvard College or had lived for a long time with foreigners in South America.
Carson McCullers quotes: The mutual distrust between the men who were just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave everyone a feeling of estrangement. The mutual distrust between the men who were just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave everyone a feeling of estrangement.
Carson McCullers quotes: Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have. Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have.
Carson McCullers quotes: Were trying to dig up the roots of that big oak stump near the Were trying to dig up the roots of that big oak stump near the
Carson McCullers quotes: Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them. Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them.
Carson McCullers quotes: There was a hollow in her chest, but at the bottom of this emptiness a heavy weight pressed down and bruised her stomach, so that she felt sick. There was a hollow in her chest, but at the bottom of this emptiness a heavy weight pressed down and bruised her stomach, so that she felt sick.
Carson McCullers quotes: The world that jibes your tenderness / Jails your lust. The world that jibes your tenderness / Jails your lust.
Carson McCullers quotes: He nearly always put his hand on his friend's arm and looked for a second into his face before leaving him. He nearly always put his hand on his friend's arm and looked for a second into his face before leaving him.
Carson McCullers quotes: Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters. Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.
Carson McCullers quotes: Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters. Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters.
Carson McCullers quotes: There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries. There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries.
Carson McCullers quotes: There was hope in him, and soon perhaps the outline of his journey would take form. There was hope in him, and soon perhaps the outline of his journey would take form.
Carson McCullers quotes: The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination. The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination.
Carson McCullers quotes: With her it was like there was two places - the inside room and the outside room. With her it was like there was two places - the inside room and the outside room.
Carson McCullers quotes: That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended. That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.
Carson McCullers quotes: Don't you loathe it when doctors use the word 'we' when it applies only and solely to yourself? Don't you loathe it when doctors use the word 'we' when it applies only and solely to yourself?
Carson McCullers quotes: A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp. A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp.
Carson McCullers quotes: Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks. Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks.
Carson McCullers quotes: Leonora Penderton feared neither man, beast, nor the devil; God she had never known. Leonora Penderton feared neither man, beast, nor the devil; God she had never known.
Carson McCullers quotes: I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely. I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.
Carson McCullers quotes: While time, the endless idiot, runs screaming around the world While time, the endless idiot, runs screaming around the world
Carson McCullers quotes: There was none of the quiet insolence about this man. There was none of the quiet insolence about this man.
Carson McCullers quotes: Us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won't seem so bad. Us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won't seem so bad.
Carson McCullers quotes: It was almost three o'clock, the most stagnant hour in the day or night. It was almost three o'clock, the most stagnant hour in the day or night.
Carson McCullers quotes: Justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation. Justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation.
Carson McCullers quotes: I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands. I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.
Carson McCullers quotes: I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick? I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick?
Carson McCullers quotes: But all the time-no matter what she was doing-there was music. But all the time-no matter what she was doing-there was music.
Carson McCullers quotes: The writer must hew the phantom rock. The writer must hew the phantom rock.
Carson McCullers quotes: The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer. The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.
Carson McCullers quotes: 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 returns. 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 returns.
Carson McCullers quotes: The love she felt was so hard that she had to squeeze him to her until her arms were tired. The love she felt was so hard that she had to squeeze him to her until her arms were tired.
Carson McCullers quotes: In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together. In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together.
Carson McCullers quotes: Imagination takes humility, love and great courage. Imagination takes humility, love and great courage.
Carson McCullers quotes: Passion is more important than justice. Passion is more important than justice.
Carson McCullers quotes: Frances wanted the whole world to die. Frances wanted the whole world to die.
Carson McCullers quotes: They start at the wrong end of love. They begin at the climax. Can you wonder why it is so miserable? They start at the wrong end of love. They begin at the climax. Can you wonder why it is so miserable?
Carson McCullers quotes: Jake had begun to carry chalk in his pockets, also. He wrote brief sentences. He tried to word them so that a man would think. Jake had begun to carry chalk in his pockets, also. He wrote brief sentences. He tried to word them so that a man would think.
Carson McCullers quotes: It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright. It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.
Carson McCullers quotes: You mind Ralph," she called back to Bubber. "Mind the gnats don't sit on his eyelids. You mind Ralph," she called back to Bubber. "Mind the gnats don't sit on his eyelids.
Carson McCullers quotes: Then when he had washed the ashtray and the glass he brought out a pistol from his pocket and put a bullet in his chest. Then when he had washed the ashtray and the glass he brought out a pistol from his pocket and put a bullet in his chest.
Carson McCullers quotes: A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be. A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be.
Carson McCullers quotes: It was like she was so empty there wasn't even a feeling or thought in her. It was like she was so empty there wasn't even a feeling or thought in her.
Carson McCullers quotes: 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 had that feeling. Cheated. 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 had that feeling. Cheated.
Carson McCullers quotes: I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree. I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree.
Carson McCullers quotes: She did not know why she was sad, but because of this peculiar sadness, she began to realize she ought to leave the town. She did not know why she was sad, but because of this peculiar sadness, she began to realize she ought to leave the town.
Carson McCullers quotes: It was better to be in a jail where you could bang the walls than in a jail you could not see. It was better to be in a jail where you could bang the walls than in a jail you could not see.
Carson McCullers quotes: When a person knows and can'tmake the others understand, what does he do? When a person knows and can't
make the others understand, what does he do?
Carson McCullers quotes: He had a few eccentricities himself and was tolerant of the peculiarities of others; indeed, he rather relished the ridiculous. He had a few eccentricities himself and was tolerant of the peculiarities of others; indeed, he rather relished the ridiculous.

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