Sheziss

“They're much the same, the enemy, the war, the bureaucracy, the army, they're all things that no-one understands, and no-one can stop.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

“Don't ask from where I have come, My home is far, far away”
― Sanmao

“I always succeed in not being jealous but only sometimes in comprehending the pointlessness of jealousy.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“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