I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.
Carson McCullersHis own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years.
Carson McCullersThere's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
Carson McCullersHer face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want--I want--I want--was all that she could think about--but just what this real want was she did no know.
Carson McCullers