For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question "Who am I?" recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative attitude. The bewildered soul can answer only: "Since I do not understand 'Who I am,' I only know what I am not." The corollary of this emotional incertitude is snobbism, intolerance and racial hate. The xenophobic individual can only reject and destroy, as the xenophobic nation inevitably makes war.


The Mortgaged Heart (ed. Penguin UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9780718196110

Carson McCullers Quotes

For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question Who am I? recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative...

For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question Who am I? recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative...

For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question Who am I? recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative...

For fear is a primary source of evil. And when the question Who am I? recurs and is unanswered, then fear and frustration project a negative...