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“being alone you decided, was a magnificent miracle. nothing else made any sense at all. —escape”

Book:Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories

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Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories

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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski, born on August 16, 1920, was an influential American poet. Known for his unique style and profound depiction of the lives of the underclass in America, he is considered one of the representatives of the Beat Generation. more

“Self-discovery changes everything, including your relationships with people. When you find your authentic self, those who loved your mask are disappointed. You may end up alone, but you don’t need to stay alone. While it’s painful to sever old connections, it’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Now, you can find people who understand the importance of looking for truth and being authentic. Now, you can find people who want to connect deeply, like you’ve always wanted to, instead of constant small talk and head games. Now, you can have real intimacy. Now, you can find your tribe.”

Relationships Community Loneliness Self Love Self Awareness Self Discovery Self Acceptance Authentic Self

Author:Vironika Tugaleva

“I could no longer deny the truth. I was not invisible to him. I was contemptible... Perhaps I deserved it. Surely I didn't deserve to be loved, for, otherwise, wouldn't I have found someone to love me by now?”

Love Loneliness Unrequited Love

Book:Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

Source: Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

“He is not Enzo, I remind myself. But I don't want him to be. With Enzo, my energy yearned for his power and ambition, all too happy to let him take me into the darkness. But with Magiano... I am able to smile, even to laugh. I am able to sit here and lean back and point out the constellations.”

Love Romance Adelina Amouteru Magiano Enzo Valenciano

Book:The Rose Society

Source: The Rose Society

“It is not the desert island nor the stony wilderness that cuts you from the people you love. It is the wilderness in the mind, the desert wastes in the heart through which one wanders lost and a stranger.”

Lost Loneliness Alone Wilderness Detachment

Book:GIFT FROM THE SEA

Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA

“Who knows what kind of loneliness is more agonizing: the one which befalls man when he casts his glance at the mute cosmos, at its dark spaces and monotonous drama, or the one that besets man exchanging glances with his fellow man in silence?”

Loneliness

Book:The Lonely Man of Faith

Source: The Lonely Man of Faith

“We isolated ourselves, because it hurt less.”

Loneliness Isolation Isolationism

Book:Sing You Home

Source: Sing You Home

“Kill the loneliness by being with yourself, all alone.”

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Book:You By You

Source: You By You

“If I'm lonely it's with the rowboat ice-fast on the shore in the last red light of the year that knows what it is, that knows it's neither ice nor mud nor winter light but wood, with a gift for burning”

Loneliness

Book:Diving Into the Wreck

Source: Diving Into the Wreck

“Names always matter," Maz said..."And yours is such a lonely one, when you think about it." Han had, plenty, and now that familiar sorrow crept back over his heart, an eclipse on never-ending repeat.”

Names Loneliness Solo Han Solo Maz Kanata

Book:Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel

Source: Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel

“A conversation is so much more than words: a conversation is eyes, smiles, the silences between words.”

Talking Loneliness Communication Isolation Presence Writing Letters

Book:A Faraway Island

Source: A Faraway Island

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