“I learned the strange art of loneliness, the weathered yearning that swells and passes, and swells and passes, when you walk a trail alone.”
― Eve
― Eve
“Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I could not abide?”
― Wittgenstein’s Mistress
― Wittgenstein’s Mistress
“She'd been in love with the man, and love is a scary thing. If not reciprocated, it can turn a person into a monster.”
― The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors
― The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors
“But most days,
I wander around feeling invisible.
Like I'm a speck of dust
floating in the air
that can only be seen
when a shaft of light hits it.”
― One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
I wander around feeling invisible.
Like I'm a speck of dust
floating in the air
that can only be seen
when a shaft of light hits it.”
― One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
“Though I knew in my mind that others had felt such loss, this loss was mine, and I felt that no one would ever understand it, and to try to explain the lonliness and pain I felt would be futile.”
― Dreams Unleashed
― Dreams Unleashed
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