We wander, question. But the answer waits in each separate heart - the answer of our own identity and the way by which we can master loneliness and feel that at last we belong.
Carson McCullersHow can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?
Carson McCullersWhat are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a religious phenomenon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter had such an illumination, beginning my long search for the truth of the story and flashing light into the long two years ahead.
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 McCullers