loneliness is the human condition. cultivate it. the way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. don't expect to outgrow loneliness or to find people who will understand you. an intelligent, sensitive person is the very great exception. the best you'll ever do is to understand yourself.

we must first give ourselves everything we need from others.

accepting that where you are right now is okay is incredibly powerful and an integral part of learning to like yourself. you don’t have to love where you are; you just have to be okay with it as a starting point.

you need to give yourself permission to be a human being. sometimes we’re not yet the people we need to be in order to contain the desires we have.