I see a green tree. And to me it is green. And you would call the tree green also. And we would agree on this. But is the colour you see as green the same colour I see as green?
CARSON MCCULLERSThe lover craves any possible relation with the beloved, even if this experience can cause him only pain.
More Carson McCullers Quotes
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Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.
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A seed grows in writing as in nature. The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them.
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But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
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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.
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Writing, for me, is a search for God.
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The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire!
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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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I´m a stranger in a strange land.
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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?
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I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.
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We are homesick most for the places we have never known.
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It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.
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But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
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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 Heart is a Lonely Hunter had such an illumination, beginning my long search for the truth of the story and flashing light into the long two years ahead.
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