"It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem, or can it at least keep me company within it?-No, not exactly. It cannot love me that way; it has no arms. But sometimes I do feel its presence to be a sort of wink-Here you are again, it says, and so am I."

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Source : Maggie Nelson (2009). “Bluets”, p.28, Wave Books

Maggie Nelson

#Loneliness Quotes #Blue Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in a direction, I'm fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I'm all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.”

Source : "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.
“Nice to know I have that effect on boys. I mean, Christopher doesn't even know I exist, and Brandon Stark practically throws up when he sees me. Having my brain transplated into a supermodel's body was doing wonders for my love life.”
“Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.”
“Forgotten rimes, and college themes, Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes; A mass of heterogeneous matter. A chaos dark, nor land nor water.”
“Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.”
“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.”

Source : Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.556, Library of America
“I love sharing my stories and experiences with people and connecting to them on both a humorous and emotional level.”

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