Quotes by Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

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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 wis — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
There are those who know and those who don't know. And for every ten thousand who don't know there's only one who knows. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
For you see, when us people who know run into each other that's an event. It almost never happens. Sometimes we meet eac — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Blount sat down to the table and leaned over close to Singer. "There are those who know and those who don't know. And fo — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The eyes of his friend were moist and dark, and in them he saw the little rectangled pictures of himself that he had wat — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Today we are not put up on the platforms and sold at the courthouse square. But we are forced to sell our strength, our — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. He was only in the second grade but he loved to read stories by — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Next to music, beer was best. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, who — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
In one of their quarrels, they had begun calling each other Mister. and Misses., and since then they had never made it u — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Why? Why was it that in cases of real love the one who is left does not more often follow the beloved by suicide? Only b — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
People felt themselves watching him even before they knew that there was anything different about him. His eyes made a p — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
That was all he wanted for himself – to give to her. Biff's mouth hardened. He had done nothing wrong but in him he felt — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Each day was very much like any other day, because they were alone so much that nothing ever disturbed them. — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Because in some men, it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons - throw i — Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter