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Quote by Carson McCullers

“I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.”

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Carson McCullers was an American author known for her unique literary style and profound insights into human nature. Her works, often set in the American South, explored themes such as loneliness, love, and identity. more

“Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to his mouth as though he was going to be sick-he hit the field on all fours-coughed-and something gold fell into his hand. 'I've got the snitch!' he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion. 'He didn't catch it, he nearly swalloed it,' Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference-Harry hadn't broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results-Gryffindor had won by 170 points to 60.”

Made Stills Hands Games Differences Results Saws Minutes Fields Broken Mouths Gold Sick Twenties Crowds Confusion Jordan Shouting Speeding Fours Gryffindor Snitch

Author:J. K. Rowling

“We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.”

Jobs Girl Understood Noise Disguise Virgins Virgin Suicides

Book:The Virgin Suicides: A Novel

Source: The Virgin Suicides: A Novel

“Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much.”

Knows Artist Actors

Book:Not So Deep as a Well

Source: Not So Deep as a Well

“I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.”

Ifs Two Together Publishing Good Writers Adorable

Book:Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words

Source: Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words

“If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.”

Ifs Writing Facts Can Do Being The Best

Author:Dorothy Parker

“There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind...There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.”

Ifs Mind Eye Can Do Reader Criticism Awe Magnificent Disregard

Author:Dorothy Parker

“I have tried in my way to be free.”

Way My Way

Author:Leonard Cohen

“Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me.”

Mankind Comfort Shame Shame On Me

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.”

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