“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” ―Bell Hooks
Quotes
It’s Okay To Have Boundaries…
“It’s okay to have boundaries. You can tell someone, “no” without having bad feelings toward them. You also never need to explain your boundaries once laid. A wise friend often states that. “no” is a complete sentence.” ―Mat Auryn
The Boundaries Of This World…
“The boundaries of this world are forever shifting – from day to night, joy to sorrow, love to hate, and from life itself to death; and who can say at what moment we may suddenly cross over the border, from one state of existence to another, like heat applied to some flammable substance? I have been given my own ever-changing margins, across which I move, continually and hungrily, like a migrating animal. Now civilized, now untamed; now responsive to decency and human concern, now viciously attuned to the darkest of desires.” ―Michael Cox
I Believe That Unarmed Truth…
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” ―Martin Luther King Jr.
It Is An Absolute Human Certainty…
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.” ―John Joseph Powell
A Profound Love…
“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin
How Is It That…
“How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naïve to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude; it is the inability to be oneself and rightfully represented as oneself.” ―Criss Jami
Human Beings Are Funny
“Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.”
―Sigmund Freud
I Don’t Know Why People…
“I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.” ―Banksy
Normally…
“Normally, he liked boundaries. Boundaries were the safety net. Boundaries kept people on the right path. But right now, he felt like rules were made to be broken and consequences were miles and miles away.” ―Heather Burch
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 