The lover craves any possible relation with the beloved, even if this experience can cause him only pain.
CARSON MCCULLERSFor in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage of the humanity through endless time. And of those who labor and of those who – one word- love. His soul expanded. But for a moment only. For in him, he felt a warning, a shaft of terror.
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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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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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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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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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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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She wished there was some place where she could go to hum it out loud. Some kind of music was too private to sing in a house cram fall of people. It was funny, too, how lonesome a person could be in a crowded house.
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I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.
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The writer is by nature a dreamer – a conscious dreamer.
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I´m a stranger in a strange land.
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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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This music was her-the real plain her…This music did not take a long time or a short time. It did not have anything to do with time going by at all. She sat with her arms around her legs, biting her salty knee very hard.
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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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Love of another individual opens a new relation between the personality and the world. The lover responds in a new way to nature and may even write poetry.
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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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