Tennessee

“They had the rare kind of friendship that allowed for a great deal of privacy within it. One of the reasons they had become such good friends originally was because she had not insisted he tell his sad stories to satisfy her own curiosity. The least he could do was return the favor.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“I am a loneliness savant.”
― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast

“Hope this isn't one of those any-place-I-hang-my-hat-is-home-type situations where the Sadness hangs its hat on you. Hope that you are not Sadness's home, anywhere you go, no matter how far, no matter how quickly - the Sadness lives in you. Hope to God it's not that.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“If I were making up a story, I would have it gray and miserable outside, but it was sunny and miserable instead,”
― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast