Quote by: Carson McCullers

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 ." 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.


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Author Bio


  • NameCarson McCullers
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornFebruary 19, 1917
  • DiedSeptember 29, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters; Novelist; Playwright
  • WorksThe Heart Is A Lonely Hunter; The Member Of The Wedding
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship