I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.

Quote by Carson McCullers

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There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a...

The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as...

The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep...

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep...

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's...

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's...

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there...

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there...

If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no...

If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...