Gisela

“Separation

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”
― W.S. Merwin

“She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

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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. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander