“ Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices. ”
Pearl Cleage (via lovemagicandrevolution)
“ Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd. ”
Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales
“ More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to be close to someone. More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to feel as if I wasn’t alone. ”
James Frey (via compassio)
“What you’re not. Although it may seem like there is nobody there who cares about you, who is like you, or can be a friend to you, there is someone miles and miles away who would like to be there with you if they knew you were calling.
This is a message to all of the lonely and depressed people out there on their computers, reading definitions of words they’re feeling in hopes to find some comfort, if only for a short while. Regardless of whether you’re reading this in five weeks or in five years, and regardless of whether I’m still browsing this site regularly or dead in a car crash, just know that tonight, I was feeling very lonely, crying out for you.
You’re not alone. I’m not alone. We’re not alone.”
(via je m’appelle n.)
The brilliant person behind this photo put in the description, “Where do you go when you’re lonely?”
and it just I don’t know.
I usually read when I’m lonely or IM someone
