“Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people, he said—it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone else. If you have lots of people around you—perhaps even a husband or wife, or a family, or a busy workplace—but you don’t share anything that matters with them, then you’ll still be lonely.”
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
“The first step in the development of taste is to be willing to to credit your own opinion.”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“The thirst slunk back into the dark where it dwelled, but even the bliss he felt in that moment was soured by the knowledge it must return, intent to rule him. Ever patient. Ever watchful. That hole inside never quite filled. To hate the thing that is completing you. To love the thing that is destroying you. What perfect suffering. What hell divine.”
― Empire of the Damned
― Empire of the Damned
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