It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him.


The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010) - ISBN: 9780547346656

Carson McCullers Quotes

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would...

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would...

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would...

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would...