There’s a difference between loneliness and solitude.
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There’s a difference between loneliness and solitude.
Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
“Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard, and supported.”
— Cleo Wade
“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head.”
— Paul Auster
You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
“It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”
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“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
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Louisa May Alcott
“I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week.”
— Sylvia Plath
“Fall in love with someone who’s comfortable with your silence. Find someone who doesn’t need your words to know it’s time to kiss you.”
— Clairabelle Ann
“Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world.”
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Vincent van Gogh