You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Seeking truth is a lonely business.

A man thinking or working is always alone.

Henry David Thoreau

If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.

I exist in two places, here and where you are.

Margaret Atwood

There is some kind of sweet innocence in being human, in not having to be just happy or just sad, in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.

Like it or not, there are times when you need to be alone; times when you need to be lonely; times when you need to need other people.

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