“It's a situation doomed enough to laugh at, but he thinks of what he used to tell his students. Imagine being a planet. Don't laugh, he'd tell them. Try to imagine it. Eons of loneliness, and then one day your ellipsis peaks toward that of another planet and there is a gasp of nearness. Wouldn't you try to make the most of it? Wouldn't you, too, combust and flare and explode if you had to?”
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Guillermo del Toro, born on October 9, 1964, is a renowned Mexican film director known for his unique visual style and profound thematic explorations. His works, including 'Pan's Labyrinth', 'Hellboy', and 'Pacific Rim', are celebrated for their distinctive aesthetics and deep thematic content. more
“I don’t want to be lonely, but I don’t want to be miserable either.”
“There’s a difference between lonely and alone.”
“Early on, if I was alone two or three nights in a row, I’d start writing poems about suicide.”
“She wasn’t looking for a fairytale just to feel a little less lonely.”
“Loneliness has a compass all its own.”