Carson McCullers

"The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets."

"Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone."

"The dreams of life have changed and the dreams of art change."

"The truth can't hurt unless it ought to."

"There is nothing more important than good food and good company."

"The deepest and most unconditional love is that of a parent."

"Words are not enough sometimes."

"Change is the essence of life."

"The most important thing is to keep on creating."

"What is the need of a gun without a bullet?"

"Every person is themselves an island."

"Without hope there is not much point in anything."

"The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved."

"Grow up to be a strong man or woman who will understand human struggle."

"There is much to be said for the human beings but the saying of it has always been a little bit of a bore."

"The heart can want what it wants."

"Patience is not a virtue for the young."

"Art requires an audience but the audience need not be many."

"There is no love losing interest and desire anymore."

"Education teaches you how to think not what to think."

"The world needs more kindness and less judgment."

"I am a writer and a student of the human spirit."

"History repeats itself because we are incapable of learning."

"Peace comes from accepting what you cannot change."

"The self is not given to us, only the materials of the self are given."

"Success is not measured by money but by the love you give."

"The most terrible poverty is in the spirit."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"Fear is the great enemy of creativity."

"The human spirit is like a bird; it must be free to soar."