In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone.
CARSON MCCULLERSHow can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?
More Carson McCullers Quotes
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The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.
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The world is certainty a sudden place.
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Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks.
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I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree.
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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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The lover craves any possible relation with the beloved, even if this experience can cause him only pain.
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Coming down was the hardest part of any climbing.
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Don’t you loathe it when doctors use the word ‘we’ when it applies only and solely to yourself?
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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.
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Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister.
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How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?
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There are corporations worth billions of dollars – and hundreds of thousands of people who don’t get to eat.
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The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen… Now that it was over there was only her heart beating like a rabbit and this terrible hurt.
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The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.
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