“In the silence between cultures, I found my voice—not as one or the other, but as both and neither, a bridge between worlds.”
Source: The Invisible Third Culture Adult
“To belong everywhere and nowhere at once is both a blessing and a burden, but it is also a reminder that identity is fluid, ever-changing with each new experience.”
Source: The Invisible Third Culture Adult
“Alcohol was my best friend because it never wanted to talk about itself. It was just always there, the mute dog at my heel, gazing up at me, always ready to go on a walk. It took away so much of the pain, including the fact that when I was alone, I was lonely, and that when I was with people, I was lonely, too.”
Source: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
“Feelings like love and loneliness are universal—they cut across all categories, they include everyone.”
Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
“Love—in the expansive way I now conceive of the term, based on my research and my experience—is the opposite of loneliness.”
Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
“I can't take anything you don't give me. Stop giving me power over your life.”
Source: Deeper We Fall
“Is this my life?
I’m glad that I can write
I’m thankful for this life
And all the good it’s given me
But can I live like this forever?
Alone
Can I really be alone like this? Forever?
I can’t take it — actually that’s not true, that’s a lie
I’m fine on my own
It’s fine, but what about you
Am I really okay
Not knowing you? What if I regret it?
My child, unlike any other,
Can I really say I’m okay
Never knowing you?”
Source: Breasts and Eggs
“We all cover up our truth, even when we’re dying inside, but we do. But it keeps loneliness alive, don’t you think?”
Source: Wildflower
“...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a comedy. Oh man, I bet you were eating a burrito too, you sick fuck.”
Source: Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
“You have done this because you are afraid to be alone...because you have been alone for so many years. Death has taken them all. Even now, you're afraid...afraid you may lose the only friend you have in the world. But fear is something only mortals indulge in...”