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“All afternoon, all evening, I lay on the couch, wrapped inside a quilt of sitcoms, the same commercials stitching them together.”

Book:The Furrows

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“The group mind was such (private jokes and bemusement, everyone clustered round vacation videos on the iPhone) that it was hard to imagine any of them going to a movie by themselves or eating alone at a bar; sometimes, the affable sense of committee among the men particularly gave me the slight feeling of being interviewed for a job.”

Aloneness

Book:The Goldfinch

Source: The Goldfinch

“An experienced loner does not fall for the same trick twice.”

Tricks Aloneness Loner Hachiman Hikigaya Wataru Watari Foolhardiness

Book:やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。2

Source: やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。2

“Learn from the Word of God. It will help you stay on course.”

Life Lessons Motivation Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Philosophy Gift Gugu Mona Library Wisdom Nuggets Gift Gugu Mona Musings Learn Stay On Course

Book:The Daily Dose of Motivational Quotes

Source: The Daily Dose of Motivational Quotes

“I can't tell you what the rest of that day was like. To feel so incredibly unwanted, unloved, alone. I had no one. Nothing. No money, no belongings, no family. Just a wound.”

Rejection Aloneness Unwanted Unloved

Book:It Starts with Us

Source: It Starts with Us

“Ultimately, oneness is the realization that we can never truly be alone.”

Oneness Aloneness Loneliness Of Life

Author:Todd Perelmuter

“Maybe independence is just the flag we wave to distract from the pain of being alone.”

Being Alone Aloneness Independence Quotes Cackle

Book:Cackle

Source: Cackle

“I noted to myself that I should probably start collecting cats, seeing as they are very likely to be my sole companions in ten years' time.”

Cats Aloneness

Book:Solitaire

Source: Solitaire

“But what answer? Well that the soul-for she was conscious of a movement in her of some creature beating its way about her and trying to escape which momentarily she called the soul-is by nature unmated, a widow bird; a bird perched aloof on that tree.”

Solitude Soulmate Aloneness

Book:A Summing Up

Source: A Summing Up

“Do I really enjoy being alone, I asked myself. or is it simply that I haven't yet met the right people? And what exactly constitutes the “right people” for me? I have to admit that I had no idea. I had no idea about so many things in this world.”

Self Realization Observation Aloneness Solitude Quotes

Book:Serenade of Solitude

Source: Serenade of Solitude

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