“i feel lonely, it never goes away;
the crowd makes me feel lonely”
“There is no darkness when I go to sleep; the wicked, as they say, never truly rest. I see blinding flashes of desperate arms reaching out, I hear cries for help over the crackling of burning wood, the ashen remains and the gut-wrenching smell of charred bodies.”
Source: Paradise Incoming
“The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
Source: The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
“Only the survivors of a death are truly left alone.”
“Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely identify.”
“Some steps need to be taken alone. It's the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“So many people are so terrified to be alone that they settle for a loveless relationship or stay trapped in a miserable one for months and even years on end. But as it turns out, alone means unique, unequaled, and unexcelled. Or in other words: Unparalleled. Unrepeatable. Unable to be imitated or duplicated. Brave. FABULOUSLY ORIGINAL.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
“Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are…and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth.”
Source: The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence