In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of they hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is not. Now is the time to act and to act quickly. Fight cunning with cunning and might with might
Carson McCullersIf you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.
Carson McCullersA most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp.
Carson McCullersBut no value has been put on human life; it is given to us free and taken without being paid for. What is it worth? If you look around, at times the value may seem to be little or nothing at all. Often after you have sweated and tried and things are not better for you, there comes a feeling deep down in the soul that you are not worth much.
Carson McCullersThe value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.
Carson McCullersIt is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.
Carson McCullersThere is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall.
Carson McCullersLove is a joint experience between two persons -- but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved.
Carson McCullersOnce you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.
Carson McCullersThere's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
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