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“When he let the loneliness flow, let the dam burst within, something shifted in his relation to his own loneliness.... He became free once he had met the depth of his loneliness, engaged and befriended it. It became a natural part of his life.”

Book:Anam Cara [Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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“Touching these English colonies, I do not wish to be misunderstood. I do not say of them or of America that they have not a future, or that they will not be great nations. I merely deny the whole established modern expression about them. I deny that they are "destined" to a future. I deny that they are "destined" to be great nations. I deny (of course) that any human thing is destined to be anything. All the absurd physical metaphors, such as youth and age, living and dying, are, when applied to nations, but pseudo-scientific attempts to conceal from men the awful liberty of their lonely souls.”

America Loneliness Belonging

Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“No need to get closer to strangers when you are already happy with the people around you and even with your solitude.”

Life Happiness Life Lessons Loneliness Solitude Alone Strangers Inu Etc

Author:Inu Etc

“¡Maldita selva confusa! Déjame tranquilo, en calma vivir, sufrir y soñar con el pensamiento vacío; del mundo serán las palabras que florecen de mi alma, pero, ¡el oxígeno que entra a mis entrañas es muy mío!”

Inspiration Poetry Loneliness

Book:Sólo lloré en otoño

Source: Sólo lloré en otoño

“What was lonelier; a world that had a society and lost it, or one that never had it at all.”

Philosophy Wonder Loneliness

Author:T. A. Bruno

“I removed my soul and set it aside to be read on a Sunday unlike today. Today my lonely is heavier than the earth and the weight of it has been killing me slowly. Time is birthing more time and I don't know what I want to do with the excess I already have. -Sunday Poem”

Poetry Loneliness Love Poetry Sunday Poems

Book:Bad Poetry and This Loving

Source: Bad Poetry and This Loving

“What you did, Jessica, and why you did it - we both know. But kindness forces me to tell you there's little chance your lad will be the Bene Gesserit Totality. You mustn't let yourself hope too much." Jessica shook tears from the corners of her eyes. It was an angry gesture. "You make me feel like a little girl again - reciting my first lesson." She forced the words out:"Humans must never submit to animals." A dry sob shook her. In a low voice, she said:"I've been so lonely." "It should be one of the tests," the old woman said. "Humans are almost always lonely.”

Humanity Loneliness Test

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

“I'm Impossible (Sonnet 1272) I don't need to play word games, to say, impossible means I am possible; my existence is epitome of the impossible. I don't make plans, I make purpose, then the purpose plans me, into unstoppable. Does that mean, loneliness doesn't bother me, Of course it does - it makes the torture worse. Anybody who says, they enjoy loneliness, is either lying or plain narcissistic retard. But then again, just when I feel super gloomy, I remember my responsibility to my world family. Time and again, my purpose drags me out, Electrifying my veins with incorruptible duty. ¡Viva la humanidad, viva la familia mundial! Long live humanity, long live world family! Whenever you are down, take refuge in purpose; Your purpose will reawaken your invincibility.”

Purpose Sacrifice Loneliness Ambition Social Justice Humanitarian Service Of Humanity Humanitarianism Peace Activist Reformer

Book:Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Anybody who says, they enjoy loneliness, is either lying or plain narcissistic retard.”

Psychology Loneliness Lonely Mental Health Pearls Of Wisdom Narcissism Mental Health Awareness Self Absorbed Self Obsession Self Obsessed

Book:Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Hu-ee-ic! The sky was growing grey. Tarka could not catch a carp, and he was hungry. He went back to the brook. Hu-ee-ic! Only his echo replied, and he wandered on.”

Loneliness

Book:Tarka the Otter

Source: Tarka the Otter

“My classmates find me unceasingly, overwhelmingly comical, and I've gotten used to the clown role and even find a sad comfort in it, because together with my confirmed stupidity, it protects me against their peculiar meanness toward anyone who is different.”

Loneliness Childhood Suffering

Book:The Copenhagen Trilogy

Source: The Copenhagen Trilogy

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