

“It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest

“There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince

“I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.”
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
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