“Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It’s real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you’ve suddenly become an idiot. There’s no cure for it unless you know somebody who understands how you feel, and knows how to help.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“We live in a world where people are afraid to feel anything genuine, or at the very least, are afraid to show it.”— Melissa Moeller, thoughtcatalog.com
“Perhaps only if one spins momentarily out of control, or grows feathers, or begins to write a sonnet can one be said to have seen the beauty of another person.”— Elaine Scarry, amazon.com