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.
CARSON MCCULLERSA 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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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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The memories of childhood have a strange shuttling quality, and areas of darkness ring the spaces of light.
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Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons–throw it to some human being or some human idea. They have to.
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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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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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A writer soon discovers he has no single identity but lives the lives of all the people he creates and his weathers are independent of the actual day around him.
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The writer must hew the phantom rock.
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The memories of childhood are like clear candles in an acre of night, illuminating fixed scenes from surrounding darkness.
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The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great courage. How can you create a character without live and the struggle that goes with love?
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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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Writing, for me, is a search for God.
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I run these little pieces of myself through her and I come out complete. Now do you follow me?
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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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Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It’s standing in love that matters.
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And in addition to this our country was founded on what should have been a great, true principle – the freedom, equality, and rights of each individual. Huh! And what has come of that start?
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