“A little darkness, in itself, at the time, is nothing. You think no more about it and you go on. But I know what darkness is, it accumulates, thickens, then suddenly bursts and drowns everything.”— Samuel Beckett, amazon.com
“I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.”— Carlos Ruiz Zafon, amazon.com
“When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”— Yann Martel, amazon.com
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness a…”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“I’m sorry your heart was broken. I’m sorry you thought they were better than they actually were. I’m sorry that they didn’t love you as much as you thought they did. I’m sorry you wake up at night, unable to breath, drowning in a pool of your own tears. I’m sorry you feel worthless and sad . I’m sor…”— @xiat-fever (via XIAT-FEVER), xiat-fever.tumblr.com
“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”— Henry Rollins, goodreads.com
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again.”— Michael Ondaatje, amazon.com
“It’s a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them you’re hurt.”— Tom Gates, goodreads.com
“Sometimes I forget that unsaid sentences do not mean unfelt emotions.”— Tyler Knott Gregson, tylerknott.com
“That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love — that person keeps changing. And later you wonder.. is this the same person I lost?”— Amy Tan, amazon.com