Sheziss

“I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone.”
― Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?

“Mezcla de vidas, de calidades, de gustos, eso era la calle de Aribau. Yo misma: un elemento más, pequeño y perdido en ella.”
― Carmen Laforet, Nada

“What this means is that the lonelier a person gets, the less adept they become at navigating social currents. Loneliness grows around them, like mould or fur, a prophylactic that inhibits contact, no matter how badly contact is desired. Loneliness is accretive, extending and perpetuation itself. Once it becomes impacted, it is by no means easy to dislodge. This is why I was suddenly so hyper-alert to criticism, and why I felt so perpetually exposed hunching in on myself even as I walked anonymously through the streets, my flip-flops slapping on the ground.”
― Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

“«Si no puedes volver atrás, deja que todo vaya donde quiera el viento».”
― Sanmao, Diarios de las Canarias