#lone

Cara: I used to believe everything my brother told me, because he was older and I figured he knew more about the world. But as it turns out, being a grown-up doesn't mean you're fearless. It just means you fear different things. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#fear #jodi-picoult #lone-wolf #wisdom #age

The lonesome and desperate kids out there, that pain will translate to magic perhaps. ↗

— Tenacious D

#desperate #loners #magic #pain #art

I wish I could say we all lived happily ever after. I can't. But I can say we lived. Our love for Nate lives, and he's left us this piece of himself in his art; it was his gift to us. We know him through his art, and I can take comfort in that. I guess the thing about high school is, it's the moment when you start to cross from a being a kid to being an adult, and this journey to know yourself begins. Nate's journey ended to early, and I thought I had to run away to some far-off land to start mine. But, for now, it seems to me that I have enough to explore right here. There's a whole continent to discover in myself, and I know that it's love - love for my parents, my friends, my brother, and my art - that will guide me. Love will be my map. ↗

— Lisa Ann Sandell

#cora #experiences #fondness #friendship #guidance

When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#avoiding #being #feeling #i #just

From the top of the bus she could see the vast bowl of London spreading out to the horizon: splendid shops with mannequins in the window, interesting people and already a much bigger world. ↗

— Julia Gregson

#beauty #bus #city #east-of-the-sun #julia-gregson

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. ↗

— Karl Barth

#confidence #every #except #god #ground

If I had a clone, he’d better be my equal, and not my better. Can you imagine how I’d feel being jealous of myself? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#jealousy #change

I want to be the first and second man to dance on the moon. No, I won’t moonwalk. But I will Cha Cha—with my clone. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#dancing #funny #humor #moon #change

It’s not really masturbating if you’re jacking your clone off. It’s more like politics. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#politics #change

The problem with living so long is that we get used to it. We watch the mortals age and wither and die around us, watch the world change and decay...but no matter the hardship or the pain or the sorrow we suffer, we choose to continue living. Out of sheer habit, I think. ↗

— Derek Landy

#immortality #loneliness #mortality #regret #survival