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 into the darkness beyond tomorrow.
CARSON MCCULLERSBut the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
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There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries.
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Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It’s standing in love that matters.
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Love is affirmation; it motivates the yes responses and the sense of wider communication. Love casts out fear, and in the security of this togetherness we find contentment, courage.
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People, unless they are nilly-willy or very sick, cannot be taken into the hands and be changed overnight into somthing more worth-while and profitable.
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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.
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The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.
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All people belong to a We except me. Not to belong to a We makes you too lonesome.
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Love is a joint experience between two persons — but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved.
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The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.
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I have more to say than Hemingway, and God knows, I say it better than Faulkner.
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The xenophobic individual can only reject and destroy, as the xenophobic nation inevitably makes war.
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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 like an assembly line for my soul.
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There’s nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
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This was her, Mick Kelly, walking in the daytime and by herself at night. In the hot sun and in the dark with all the plans and feelings.
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Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks.
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