Carson McCullers

"Passion is the highest energy in life."

"The meaning of life is bound up with the meaning of love."

"There is a special sadness that comes from childhood."

"We must believe that there is something worth fighting for."

"The human spirit is capable of transcendence."

"To be brave is to understand fear and move forward anyway."

"All that we have of substance is what we give."

"The seasons teach us the necessity of change."

"In the end, we are all just trying to be understood."

"The deepest despair is often the beginning of hope."

"We are bound to our past by invisible threads."

"The struggle to create is the noblest of endeavors."

"In silence, we find the truth of ourselves."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend."

"To love is to risk everything."

"The measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them."

"Beauty exists not in perfection but in authenticity."

"The greatest gift we can give is our presence."

"Time is both our enemy and our salvation."

"All art is an attempt to capture the ineffable."

"We are most human when we are vulnerable."

"The path to wisdom is paved with honest questions."

"In every person lies the capacity for goodness."

"The world needs our gentle hands."

"To create is to reveal oneself completely."

"The heart's logic is not the mind's logic."

"We grow by embracing what frightens us."

"The soul requires beauty to sustain itself."

"All connection begins with recognition of our common loneliness."

"To be alive is to feel deeply."