“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindPersonsRealDesireStrongAbilityLonelinessStrangeConversationExtremesShynessStreaksHybridExhibitionismEgomania Author:David Foster Wallace
“I suppose I'd had, by the standards of that pre-permissive time, a good deal of sex for my age. Girls, or a certain kind of girl, liked me; I had a car-not so common among undergraduates in those days-and I had some money. I wasn't ugly; and even more important, I had my loneliness, which, as every cad knows, is a deadly weapon with women. My 'technique' was to make a show of unpredictability, cynicism, and indifference. Then, like a conjurer with his white rabbit, I produced the solitary heart.” KnowsHeartKindImportantShowsAgeCertainGirlSexWhiteDealsCommonCarLonelinessWeaponsStandardsUglyTechniqueIndifferenceCynicismSolitaryRabbitsUnpredictabilityKind Of GirlCad Book:The Magus Source: The Magus
“Somebody who had read Lila asked me, ‘Why do you write about the problem of loneliness?’ I said: ‘It’s not a problem. It’s a condition. It’s a passion of a kind. It’s not a problem. I think that people make it a problem by interpreting it that way.’” PeopleThinkingWayWritingKindSaidProblemPassionConditionsLonelinessInterpreting Author:Marilynne Robinson
“I'm lonely. What kind of loneliness? Every kind. I feel disconnected. Abandoned. As always. Repetition. So what, my love? So what? At first, I just wanted to run away. Now I have no where else to run to, nothing to run from. I don't belong anywhere, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to be happy.” WantFeelsFirstsKindRunningWantedLonelinessLonelyAbandonedRunning AwayRepetitionDisconnectedWant To Be HappyI'm LonelyI Just Want To Be HappyJust Want To Be Happy Author:Daul Kim