“The person who tries to place you in the darkness they live in has reached full blown distress. This is the saddest part of their situation. They are about to give up. Instead of reaching for help, they reach for company so they’re not alone.”
“When one is alone, imperfection must be endured every minute of the day.”
“Nothing was okay. And he was far from home.”
“But there are tears in my eyes and then I can’t stop crying, stood there on that practice pitch in the dark, the tears rolling down my bloody cheeks, for once in my fucking life glad that I’m alone.”
“This year taught me that my loneliness has more to do with myself than anyone else. The loneliest I will ever be is when I do not have the strength to love myself.”
“I have never really believed in a smiling face. They might just be hiding a pain. I mean look at me, I smile all the time.”
“She asked him What do you do when you feel alone and lonely? And he said I talk to the mountains!”
“My soul left me when I was six. It flew away past a flapping curtain over a window. I ran after it, but it never came back. It left me alone on wet stinking mattresses. It left me alone in the choking dark. It took my tongue, my heart, and my mind.”
“No angels or Gods, neither old or new sang for them. Only oblivion kept them company as the coaxing whisper of fatigue lulled a few to ruin.”
“Do you usually dine alone? I asked. No, he said. I always dine with a book.”
“Ultimately nobody can help anyone else in life; one has this recurring experience in every conflict and confusion: that one is alone. (Letters on Life)”
“If you feel loneliness, it means I am with you.”
“You waited in the same piss for your Pete to show. He didn t so you went inside and cremated your mother. Stood alone at the front and bit the inside of your cheek until the blood wouldn t stop and the tears finally came.”
“If you’re looking for a pal, Mr Clough, you can count me out.”
“You want to be left alone, but you’re afraid to be left alone, but you’re afraid to not be left alone.”
“I m always quiet. Quiet with the storms inside me.”
“And If you are going to marry just because you are afraid of dying alone/ loneliness in general ; believe It or not: You are going to die alone ! Surrounded with Ghosts”