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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.

Carson McCullers

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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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As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.
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I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree.
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There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall.
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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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How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?
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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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And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.
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We are homesick most for the places we have never known.
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For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question “Who am I?” recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative attitude.
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But look what the Church has done to Jesus during the last two thousand years. What they have made of Him. How they have turned every word He spoke for their own vile ends. Jesus would be framed and in jail if he was living today.
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If you look around, at times the value may seem to be little or nothing at all. Often after you have sweated and tried and things are not better for you, there comes a feeling deep down in the soul that you are not worth much.
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