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“To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy.” CompassionLonelinessSeparationConnectionGunsAmericanConnectedness Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“THE MAN HAS NEVER COOKED A CHICKEN BEFORE, HE TELLS SOPHIE, BUT IT'S HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS SINCE HIS WIFE DIED, SO HE THINKS IT'S BEST HE LEARN.” Loneliness Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“But loneliness isn’t necessarily tied to whether you have a partner or a best friend or an aspirational active social life in which you’re laughing all the time. It’s a variance that rests in the space between the relationships you have and the relationships you want. Loneliness lives in the gap.” Loneliness Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“Loneliness if often exacerbated by a perception that one is lonely while everyone else is connected. It's exaggerated by a sensation of being outside something that others seem to be in on: a family, a couple, a friendship, a joke. Perhaps now we can learn how flawed that kind of thinking is, because loneliness is one of the most universal things any person can feel.” PsychologyLonelinessQuarantine Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“Perhaps we see loneliness in others simply to feel less lonely ourselves.” LonelinessAlone Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“Or the times I've watched the people I love so unsatisfied, clawing toward connection that surpasses what I'm able to give them.” LongingConnectionLonliness Book:Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness