“Maybe the real issue here is that we were not created to do life by ourselves. We were not given a sentence of solitary confinement and placed in a world of isolation, but from the moment we entered this human experience, it was clear there was a world waiting to be discovered, creatures which were there for our interaction. And the spark inside us often has to be spoken to, to be touched by the soul of another. It’s as if the spark is only visible through the lens of night vision, a set of goggles which only another human being can hand to us.”
“I gave her love she gave me words to write”
“Deve farcela con le sue forze. Può darsi che sia vero, ma questo non significa che debba restare solo.”
“Ich kannte kaum jemanden in der Stadt. Niemanden, um genau zu sein. Ein paarmal hatte ich mich verliebt in ein Gesicht, aber ich hatte gelernt, solchen Gefühlen auszuweichen, bevor sie zu einer Bedrohung wurden. Ich hatte einige gescheiterte Beziehungen hinter mir und hatte mich, ohne wirklich einen Entschluss zu fassen, für den Moment mit meinem Alleinsein abgefunden.”
“Iedereen is zo bang om eenzaam te zijn, alsof aids en eenzaamheid de ergste dingen zijn die een mens kunnen overkomen besmettelijke ziekten zijn het aids door bloed en lichaamsvloeistoffen die zich met elkaar vermengen maar eenzaamheid is toch erger daar word je mee besmet door lucht, vuur en water. Kijk, een eenzaam mens! Pas op! Bescherm je! Houd afstand! Als je dichtbij komt kun je worden zoals hij. Of zij. Wie wil er nu eenzaam zijn? Eenzaamheid levert nul punten op. Je moet veel en interesante vrienden om je heen verzamelen. De telefoon moet vaak rinkelen. Je moet populair zijn, je moet bij vrolijke mensen horen.”
“Ngày lễ độc thân Chúng ta hãy cùng nhau tới bờ sông đốt pháo hoa Pháo hoa là người tình bí mật của đêm, là nước mắt nơi khoé mi. Độc thân là tội lỗi do sự mất cân bằng giới tính. Pháo hoa thật đẹp, Độc thân thật mệt, Nếu tôi là một bông pháo hoa Tôi nhất định Sẽ toả sáng rực rỡ một lần ... Nếu tôi là một người độc thân Tôi nhất định Viết một bức thư gửi Quốc hội Cầu xin Quốc hội Hoặc là khống chế sự mất cân bằng giới tính, hoặc là tán thành việc kết hôn đồng giới.”
“I m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.”
“Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.”
“Even among familiar faces, people often feel invisible and desolate, like an island in cold waters or a shadow apart from the crowd. Be the reason another never feels alone.”
“I inhale loneliness like it is the sweet smell of virgin earth conquered by fiery rain drops. Within me, I m a thousand others.”
“I hope you know that you are not alone, and in those hours when you feel that you are, just know there are other people out there — singing the same melodies of wanderlust, climbing over mountains in the dark, and waking in the night to stare at the moon, thinking of this large world and dreaming — just like you”
“Loneliness wasn t just a state of mind, was it? It was tactile. She could feel it. It was a sixth sense, not in some fanciful play of words, but physically. It hurt... it hurt like phagocytes devouring the white matter of her brain. It was merely that she had no friends. She didn t even have a sanctuary in which she could simply be alone.”
“The Strong Man is Mightiest Alone.”
“I used to be fine in my loneliness but something or someone snapped me out of it and showed me company. What it’s like to feel at home, and so the going on by myself part wasn’t as easy anymore. Seasons happened and things got colder and harder and suddenly I found myself smoking circles in the air by myself in the snow and I was not okay.”
“I watched the moon alone, unable to share his cold beauty with anyone.”
“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm my body or my soul, no friends I could open up to. No clue what I should do every day, no vision for the future. For the most part, I remained hidden away, deep within myself. Sometimes, I d go a week without talking to anybody.”
“Those who choose differently must suffer the consequences. They must take the pain their decisions bring.”