Carson McCullers: Quotes about love

Carson McCullers was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on love.
Carson McCullers: 90 quotes3 likes

“The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of anothers fire… driven by a desperate hunger to the arms of a neon light, the heart is a lonely hunter when there's no sign of love in sight!”

Carson McCullers book The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Source: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

“And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.”

Carson McCullers

Source: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

“Love is a joint experience between two persons -- but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved.”

Carson McCullers

Source: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

“A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp.”

Carson McCullers

Source: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

“The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.”

Carson McCullers

Source: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories