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Reflections in a Golden Eye
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"Reflections in a Golden Eye" Quotes

A military officer's repressed desires and a forbidden affair are at the center of a dramatic story set on a Southern army base.

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Not many people can listen to you the way that I can. And I would like to listen to you.

Carson McCullers

listeningempathy

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

Carson McCullers

friendshipconnection

The way I need you is a loneliness I cannot bear.

Carson McCullers

lonelinessdesire

Love, it seems to me, is that condition in which one is most contentedly oneself.

Carson McCullers

lovecontentment

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Carson McCullers

kindnessdependence

Fear is the most intimate partner you will ever have.

Carson McCullers

fearintimacy

It is the way it is now. There are no tears left in my eyes.

Carson McCullers

resignationacceptance

The longing for a home is the life in the spirit of man.

Carson McCullers

homespirituality

In a way, it was the most natural thing in the world. It was the way things should be.

Carson McCullers

normalcyacceptance

The heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of another's 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

lonelinessdesire