Britt

“It is my opinion that the isolated mind loses its purchase on reality all too easily and becomes prone to fantasy.”
― Frank Tallis, A Death in Vienna

“The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways–and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“I am not an outsider. I am an insider who discovered that everyone else had gone out.”
― Stephen J. Day, Horizontal - The Recumbent Adventures of Philias Switchmoat

“There is a terrible beauty to isolation. You don’t have to accept responsibility for others, or live up to their expectations. You could dip your toe into humanity’s maelstrom from time to time, or sit on the river bank and observe.”
― Celia Stander, Guardians of the Akasha