Via

“If you should find yourself in a place that is indifferent to you and there is someone there that your spirit stretches to, then that person is kin.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, The Opposite House

“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Still, being alone doesn't mean you have to be miserable. In that sense it's different from losing something. You've still got yourself, even if you lose everything else. You've got to have faith in yourself and not get down just because you're on your own.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Diving Pool: Three Novellas

“Give me a world, you have taken the world I was.”
― Anne Carson