Carson McCullers Quotes

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They are the we of me. - Carson McCullers quote.
They are the we of me.
— Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding

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I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen. - Carson McCullers quote.
I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.
— Carson McCullers The Square Root of Wonderful

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The hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. - Carson McCullers quote.
The hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
— Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Café
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. - Carson McCullers quote.
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.
— Carson McCullers Reflections in a Golden Eye

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The hearts of small children are delicate organs.  A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.
— Carson McCullers The Ballad of the Sad Café

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