love & literature

“he sees no one, talks to no one, and bit by bit he begins to feel somewhat stronger in his loneliness, as if the stringencies he has forced upon himself have ennobled him in some way, reacquainting him with the person he once imagined himself to be.” - the invisible, paul auster

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“the worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. it’s the loneliness of it. memories need to be shared.” - the giver, lois lowry 

“and the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that i may lose what i have now, and not find anything except loneliness.” - the unabridged journals of sylvia plath

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“the state of her spirits had probably had its share in her indisposition; for she had been feeling neglected, and been struggling against discontent and envy, for some days past … the pain of her mind had been much beyound that in her head.” - mansfield park, jane austen 

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“where you used to be, there’s a hole in the world, which i find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night.” - letters of edna st. vincent millay

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“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.” - the heart is a lonely hunter, carson mccullers

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“[he] ran away from it. he didn’t think, he couldn’t think, his feet just moved as fast as they could, as if he could run away from his own ideas … his mind raced as fast as his feet, but he couldn’t think, all he could do was feel the loneliness, all around him, filling the air and making it hard to breathe.” - young fredle, cynthia voigt

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“homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i’m always missing someone or someplace or something, i’m always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.” - prozac nation, elizabeth wurtzel

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“that is part of the beauty of all literature. you discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. you belong.” - f scott fitzgerald

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“when i got older i decided i wanted to be a real writer. i tried to write about real things. i wanted to describe the world, because to live in an undescribed world was too lonely.” - the history of love, nicole krauss

“there is more lonely space out here than people could imagine or see, for it opens in the human heart, i think, horrified at how it yawns, in my human heart.” - tales of burning love, louise erdrich

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