Turtles all the way down

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I must be a mermaid, Rango.

I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Anaïs Nin

[turtlesallthewaydown19]

You were suspicious of their feelings because you had no reason to love yourself - not your body, not your mind. You rejected so much gentleness.

What were you looking for?

[turtlesallthewaydown19]

I‘m most lonelied by people whose loneliness I cannot touch.

Even from a distance.

I‘m most lonelied by people who don‘t let me anywhere near their loneliness.

What I mean is:

I am most lonelied by those whose loneliness I cannot care for, or soften.

- Trivarna Hariharan

[turtlesallthewaydown19]

Friendship is the most underrated relationship in our lives. It remains the one relation not bound by law, blood, or money - but an unspoken agreement of love.

- „A Little Life“ by Hanya Yanagihara

[turtlesallthewaydown19]

We always say that we are beneath the stars. We aren’t, of course - there is no up or down, and anyway the stars surround us. But we say we are beneath them, which is nice. So often English glorifies the human - we are whos, other animals are thats - but English puts us beneath the stars, at least.

- „Turtles All The Way Down“ by John Green

[turtlesallthewaydown19]

What does it feel like to be lonely?

It feels like being hungry: like being hungry when everyone around you is readying for a feast.

- „The Lonely City“ by Olivia Laing