The writer is by nature a dreamer – a conscious dreamer.
CARSON MCCULLERSShe 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.
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The human heart is a lonely hunter-but the search for us southerners is more anguished.
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The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.
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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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It was better to be in a jail where you could bang the walls than in a jail you could not see.
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The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.
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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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All we can do is go around telling the truth.
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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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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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I got to wear blinders all the time so I won’t think sideways or in the past.
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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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We live in the richest country in the world. There’s plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be in want.
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Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.
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The memories of childhood have a strange shuttling quality, and areas of darkness ring the spaces of light.
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Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.
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