“These were people I would never have spoken to out of this room, but here, at the party, I loathed them more than I thought possible.”— Bret Easton Ellis, amazon.com
“I want nothing more than to leave this place, peel the memories like dry skin, and start over.”— beskt, beskt.tumblr.com
“I feel like more and more I come to loathe any dominion of one over another; any leadership, any imposition of the will. Is it chiefly intellectual snobbery that makes me dislike most people? I don’t know. I know that I am full of anger.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“If people never become real, it's harder for them to disappoint you. That's why the internet is good for sad people. You can be with people without having to be with people.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“I would rather be on the Internet engaging with half-imaginary people in a fake way than in real life engaging with real people in a real way.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“I am a puppy for attention from imaginary people. I am lonely among real human beings and would rather be on my phone than engage with reality.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“everybody wants to know you until they know you and you’re literally the opposite of the person they made up in their head.”— sunbathe, sunbathe.tumblr.com
“If i don’t go, I’ll feel like i never made an effort, and I’ll feel left out. If i do go, I’ll feel like I made an effort, but I’ll still feel left. It’s either be there but feeling lonely and out of the loop or at home watching from on social media, feeling lonely and out of the loop.”— colourpalate, colourpalate.tumblr.com
“social anxiety isn’t just quiet people who are shy!!! i may be talking a lot but internally i’m panicking and punching myself in the face for every word that comes out of my mouth thank u.”— guiltygirl, guiltygirl.tumblr.com
“My life would be so much easier if it wasn't for that thing…God, what is that thing called…other people.”— Anna Kendrick, twitter.com