Kyle

“When you peel away all the layers of masculinity--the cleverness, power, sarcasm, the strength we built (or faked), the toughness (which is really just quiet suffering), white knuckles, bodies covered in boots and beards, muscles, green ink skulls, arrows, and ghosts, hearts surrounded as if by barbed wire--what you see is a sad boy in the dark afraid that he will always be alone because that is the first thing he ever learned about life.”
― Mikel Jollett, Hollywood Park

“Some people are likable simply because they give off the constant impression that they like you, and something about this trait is calming and easy to trust.”
― Mikel Jollett, Hollywood Park

“Children experience loneliness like shame. They imagine the reason they are alone is that there is something wrong with them, that they have done something bad, something that makes them too gross to touch.”
― Mikel Jollett, Hollywood Park

“Children with attachment disorders grow up to have difficulty in relationships, which they seek out of need and then destroy out of fear, resulting in a lack of self-worth and a sense of isolation.”
― Mikel Jollett, Hollywood Park