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“I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.”
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“It could be that the total scenario for human beings is an insoluble mystery until we die, followed by nothing at all.”
Source : "Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper". Book by Bryan Magee, 1997.
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“No bought potpourri is so pleasant as that made from ones own garden, for the petals of the flowers one has gathered at home hold the sunshine and memories of summer, and of past summers only the sunny days should be remembered.”
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“Most of what we know about human evolution comes from these: the fossilized bones of our ancestors. With their help, we've traced our evolution from small furry creatures to the big-brained beings we've become today. But bones can't tell us everything.”
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“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell.”
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“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
Source : Carson McCullers (2017). “Carson McCullers: Stories, Plays & Other Writings”, p.408, Library of America
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“I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there.”
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“Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.”
