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“Loneliness is the fare that you pay to be free.”
― My Own Devices: Essays From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
― My Own Devices: Essays From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
“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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“Lonely cries, and she was lonely, not for friends but for a time that hadn't been violated.”
― Sexing the Cherry
― Sexing the Cherry
“Do not break your heart for those who left you, use the pain to earn success that defines you.”
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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
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