“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“And I thought, there was no God, there was only what you wanted.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“She's never where she is,' I said. 'She's only inside her head.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“I wanted to hear what she was saying. I wanted to smell that burnt midnight again, I wanted to feel that wind. It was a secret wanting, like a song I couldn't stop humming, or loving someone I could never have. No matter where I went, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
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