#lone

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. ↗

— Lois Lowry

#alone #belonging #jonah #life #lois-lowry

I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. ↗

— David Levithan

#lonely #love #romance #life

People claim that love is the deepest feeling, but don't you believe it. Loneliness is the most affecting of human emotions. Nothing makes life more vivid. If you wish to live in the moment, I recommend intense loneliness. ↗

— Seth

#life

I know what it feels like, and it sucks, it really does, when you are up in the middle of the night thinking about the things that you've suddenly became aware of. The things you're missing out on right now, and all the people who are not close to you anymore, and all of the good times that will never happen again, and all the people who have meant the world to you who have forgotten about you forever, and you get this awful feeling that's kind of like a mix between loneliness and nostalgia. ↗

— Abraham M. Alghanem

#loneliness #nostalgia #life

Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something. ↗

— Judith Butler

#loneliness-as-a-way-of-life #life

Sometimes you need to be alone in order to reflect on life. Take time out to take care of yourself. You deserve it. ↗

— Robert Tew

#life-quote #lonely #quotes #quotes-to-live-by #self-worth

It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#book-lover #books #company #honesty #loneliness

An introverted person obviously affected by her past. Lived alone, had no sex life, had difficulty getting close to people. Kept her distance, and when she let loose there was no restraint. She chose a stranger for a lover. ↗

— Stieg Larsson

#life

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice ... the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#celebrations #countdowns #home-alone #making-memories #new-year

If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying. You're saying: Leave me alone; I don't mind this little rathole. It's warm and dry. Really, it's fine. When nothing new can get in, that's death. When oxygen can't find a way in, you die. But new is scary, and new can be disappointing, and confusing - we had this all figured out, and now we don't. New is life. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#dying #life #new #safe #scary