Carson McCullers Quote

What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a religious phenomenon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter had such an illumination, beginning my long search for the truth of the story and flashing light into the long two years ahead.


Illumination and night glare: the unfinished autobiography of Carson McCullers (ed. Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2001)


What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a...

What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a...

What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a...

What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a...