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Independence is the luxury of all those people who are too confident, and busy, and popular, and attractive to be just plain old lonely. And make no mistake, lonely is absolutely the worst thing to be. Tell someone that you've got a drink problem, or an eating disorder, or your dad died when you were a kid even, and you can almost see their eyes light up with the sheer fascinating drama and pathos of it all, because you've got an issue, something for them to get involved in, to talk about and analyse and discuss and maybe even cure. But tell someone you're lonely and of course they'll seem sympathetic, but look very carefully and you'll see one hand snaking behind their back, groping for the door handle, ready to make a run for it, as if loneliness itself were contagious. Because being lonely is just so banal, so shaming, so plain and dull and ugly. — David Nicholls

I can't be found in myself; I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others. — Hugh Prather

Love one another gently. — Truth Devour

It is not my place to judge another person's life. Only for myself, for myself alone, I must decide, I must chose, I must refuse. — Hermann Hesse

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? — John Ruskin