Caitlin

“I want you to understand a fundamental rule about love. You see, there are two kinds: the surface and the deep water. Now, Aphrodite emerged from foam,remember? Foam love is a nice feeling, but just as superficial. When it’s gone it’s gone, nothing remains. Always aim for the kind of love that comes from the deep. … foam love is interested in foam beauty. Sea love seeks sea beauty and you, my heart, deserve sea love, the strong and profound and enchanting type.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“But being completely alone was a feeling so vast it echoed ...”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

“If anyone understood loneliness, the moon would”
― Delia Owens, Where The Crawdads Sing / Girl, Woman, Other