We are creatures of rage and madness and bitter tears and we knew that from the start. Our end was disaster and we knew that from the start. We knew it all from the start.

— Thomas Curtis Clark

As long as there arehuman beings aboutthere is never going to beany peacefor any individualupon this earth (oranywhere elsethey mightescape to).All you can dois maybe grabten lucky minuteshereor maybe an hourthere.Somethingis working toward youright now, andI mean youand nobody butyou.

— Charles Bukowski

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

— Martha Beck

My heart is a thousand years old. I am not like other people.

— Charles Bukowski

..And when he let her go, it was as if she had been filled and didn't realize it until he pulled away and the absence rushed back in.

— Laini Taylor

You are letting this feeling get cold, I cant blame you, you must know you are free to go... Don't you ever look back... If you wonder why it is because I wont be there.

— Andres Oliver

To be so lonelyyou told yourself you liked to be this way& almost believed it was true.

— Natalie Wee

To be so lonelyyou told yourself you liked to be this way& almost believed it was true.

— Natalie Wee

Begin. . . Where you are, NOT where you want to be. Begin stuck in the doldrums of your false story--if that is where you are. Begin there because, in truth, there is no other place to start from. Tell yourself that you are going to listen for the sound of your own voice--and remind yourself when you forget. And you will forget, over and over again.

— Florence Falk

Why come back to this empty house, and this Manila with a strange face; the one I never knew? All those lonely islands. They will keep afloat without me.

— V.J. Campilan