# Quote — Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

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

- Author: [Carson McCullers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carson-mccullers.md)
- Book: [The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carson-mccullers/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carson_McCullers#The_Heart_is_a_Lonely_Hunter_(1940)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/carson-mccullers/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter/the-way-i-need

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