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“All this accumulation makes our life complicated. Life is simple. Loving is even simpler. We create definitions. We create worlds in our fickle mind.
Just drop it. Just Forgo. Let go.
Without any effort, life will be simple and loving even simpler.”
― Outlet from Loneliness
Just drop it. Just Forgo. Let go.
Without any effort, life will be simple and loving even simpler.”
― Outlet from Loneliness
“The loneliness felt like an infection I couldn't shake, something hollowing me out from the inside. It wasn't the longing for him that hurt the most; it was the gnawing feeling that no one wanted me and I had no idea when, or if, that would ever change.”
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“Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is a neutral state; [...]. Is it possible? That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Is it true? Could Denny have possibly appreciated the subjective nature of loneliness, which is something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
“Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is not the same as being lonely? That being alone is neutral state; [...]. Is it possible? That which is around me does not affect my mood; my mood affects that which is around me. Is it true? Could Denny have possibly appreciated the subjective nature of loneliness, which is something that exists only in the mind, not in the world, and, like a virus, is unable to survive without a willing host?”
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
― The Art of Racing in the Rain
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