“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

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