239 Quotes by Carson McCullers

Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.

His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years.

There was hope in him, and soon perhaps the outline of his journey would take form.

I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick?

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him.

Sometimes this fellow's music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined about.

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?

All we can do is go around telling the truth.

while time, the endless idiot, runs screaming around the world