Truth Quote by Carson McCullers — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“There are those who know and those who don't know. And for every ten thousand who don't know there's only one who knows. That's the miracle of all time--the fact that these millions know so much but don't know this.”

“Leonora Penderton feared neither man, beast, nor the devil; God she had never known.”

“Again, the terror, the acknowledgment of wasted years and death. Valentin, responsive and confident, still nestled in his arms. His cheek touched the soft cheek and felt the brush of the delicate eyelashes. With inner desperation he pressed the child close - as though an emotion as protean as his love could dominate the pulse of time.”

“We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.”

“I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all.”

“It took me years to realize that I could do all kinds of drastic acts like quitting jobs, relationships, towns (or all of the above), but what showed up at the next job, relationship, & town was still ME.”

“Death is unstoppable. One must face it as a fact of life”

“Knowing the Techniques of Survival........”

“The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.”