“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you’ll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
More from Janet Fitch
“It’s such a liability to love another person… it’s like playing catch with grenades.”
“I felt like an undeveloped photograph that he was printing, my image rising to the surface…”
“It was only natural to want to destroy something you could never have.”
“Her beauty was like the edge of a very sharp knife.”