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“And here I was, left with only myself to deal with. It was entirely up to me.”

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“It feels like someone is gripping my heart and twisting it. It feels like I can't breathe. I shut my eyes tightly against the memory that is threatening to surface. I can't breathe. Can't breathe. Can't breathe!”

Source: Alone in Paris

“I’m perfectly alone right now, my mind is on overdrive, the gears are grinding in whirring dissonance – and it’s just how I like it.”

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Author:Trevor J. Freeman

“Living alone, with no one to consult or talk to, one might easily become melodramatic, and imagine things which had no foundation on fact.”

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Book:Murder Is Easy

Source: Murder Is Easy

“I grab the nearest lamppost when my knees threaten to give out, panting for breath as the words rip through me”

Source: Alone in Paris

“He doesn't trust people because he knows they are all the same. Everyone cares about their own survival and nothing else, just like him. Since he is more than willing to kill for it, so are they. After all, he has endured through all these years, leading him to be alone, it was the only conclusion that made sense.”

War Survival Alone Dystopian Kill Loner Sameness Dystopian Fiction No Trust Endured Hardships Endured Kill Or Be Killed

Book:Aftermath

Source: Aftermath

“Every gesture and every look he gives me takes me by surprise and causes my heart to stutter.”

Source: Alone in Paris

“Alone" From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring— From the same source I have not taken My sorrow—I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone— And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone— Then—in my childhood—in the dawn Of a most stormy life—was drawn From ev’ry depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still— From the torrent, or the fountain— From the red cliff of the mountain— From the sun that ’round me roll’d In its autumn tint of gold— From the lightning in the sky As it pass’d me flying by— From the thunder, and the storm— And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view—”

Poetry Alone Grim

Author:Edger Allen Poe

“I head in the direction of the Eiffel Tower when I exit the alley, relieved to be out of the dark.”

Source: Alone in Paris

“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world.”

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Book:We All Looked Up

Source: We All Looked Up

“I take in all the colorful locks that line the bridge. Each one told a story. Each lock represented a relationship that was once special, whether it ended or turned into true happiness. The locks represented a past, present, and a possible future.”

Source: Alone in Paris