The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.
Source: Reflections on a Golden Eye, 1941.
-- Carson McCullers, (Feb 19 1917-1967), US novelist, short-story writer; Her novels and stories that depict the inner lives of lonely people, e.g., The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 1940.