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Quote by Jonathan Franzen

“Only in a crowded, diverse place like New York, surrounded by strangeness, do I come home to myself.”

Work

This book delves into the concept of being alone, exploring its various aspects and providing practical strategies for embracing and thriving in solitude. more

Author

Jonathan Franzen

American contemporary novelist, known for his profound social insight and unique literary style. His works include 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom'. more

“I wouldn't coax the plant if I were you. Such watchful nursing may do it harm. Let the soil rest from so much digging And wait until it's dry before you water it. The leaf's inclined to find its own direction; Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself. Much growth is stunted by too careful prodding, Too eager tenderness. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.”

Love Life Poetry Flower Garden Plant Alone Sunlight

Author:Naomi Long Madgett

“I felt so alone on that train... a weird, unnatural kind of alone that bore into me. It was feeling just beyond fear and somewhere to the left of sadness.”

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Book:Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“Lost. He understood that men were forever strangers to one another, that no one ever comes really to know any one, that imprisoned in the dark womb of our mother, we come to life without having seen her face, that we are given to her arms a stranger, and that, caught in that insoluble prison of being, we escape it never, no matter what arms may clasp us, what mouth may kiss us, what heart may warm us. Never, never, never, never, never.”

Life Lost Alone

Author:Thomas Wolfe

“He could have been invisible and it wouldn’t have made a difference to them. He didn’t care, so long as he felt at ease, which was his original intention. He wasn’t there to make friends, nor did he want to.”