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“You know, some people act like every kid is entitled to two responsible, loving parents. I don't feel like that's a given. We're born alone, and we die alone. If you get an adult who's genuinely there for you, that's pretty lucky.”

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Book:When We Collided

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“Where was he? Somewhere in there he lost the first phase of youth, like the first phase of a rocket; it had fallen, depleted, behind him. And here was the second. And last. He swore he would not give it to anyone; he would enjoy it. He would enjoy it alone. But: how to live alone and yet not be alone?”

Alone

Book:Less

Source: Less

“Why this endless need for a man as a mirror? To see the Arthur Less reflected there? He is grieving, for sure—the loss of his lover, his career, his novel, his youth—so why not cover the mirrors, rend the fabric over his heart, and just let himself mourn? Perhaps he should try alone.”

Alone Man Mirror

Book:Less

Source: Less

“5.57am and I’m finishing the last poem to the taste of the last cigarette. Smoke in my lungs, poetry on the paper. Inhale, exhale, it doesn’t get much easier.”

Poetry Alone Smoke Smoking Writers Poetic Cigarette Midnight Cigarettes

Book:Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

Source: Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

“It was possible she might not have the right feeling after all, that she wasn't in love, wasn't in limerence, but was in some unnamed place alone.”

Love Feelings Doubt Relationship Alone In Love Catherine Lacey The Answers Limerence

Book:The Answers

Source: The Answers

“And here was the bitter paradox of adolescense: alone, I was most myself, most true. But the self that really mattered was the self that was visible, the self that could be shown to other people.”

Self Identity Bitter Alone Paradox Peer Pressure Adolescense

Book:Laurinda

Source: Laurinda

“Postpartum depression makes you suddenly feel like a stranger to yourself, but knowing the clinical facts are the first step toward wellness.”

Fear Birth Anxiety Alone Phobias Postpartum New Mother Postpartum Depression

Book:Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

Source: Breaking the Grip of Postpartum Depression: Walk Toward Wellness with Real Facts, Real Stories, and a Real God

“There is no shame in feeling broken. In seeking help. In searching for healing. Sometimes it is the breaking that leads us to the source of our own becoming. But we need not suffer alone. When you feel trauma or shame, if you feel depressed or alone – speak your truth, ask for help, insist without ceasing on the support that you need. You are not alone. As long as I am on this earth and forever after – you will never be alone.”

Wisdom Truth Support Depression Shame Trauma Alone Wild Heart Jeanette Leblanc Uncommon Sense

Author:Jeanette LeBlanc

“You are not a failure. And you are not alone. This I know to be true. Read these lines as many times as you need to in order to start believing.”

Truth Belief Failure Alone Believing Wild Heart Jeanette Leblanc

Author:Jeanette LeBlanc

“We are not meant to live in isolation. Not in nuclear families or bubbled existence. The richness of life is found in community, in cooperation, in becoming a part of a greater whole. Expand your bubble, drop your shield. Invite love in. Do not attempt to do it alone.”

Wisdom Life Lessons Community Alone Isolation Wild Heart Jeanette Leblanc Uncommon Sense

Author:Jeanette LeBlanc

“It's terrible to be alone and frightened at any age, but I think it's worse when you're old.”

Age Alone Frightened Old

Book:The Green Mile

Source: The Green Mile

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