Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

My attitude is different. And no one understands me the way my friends do.

Honestly, I’m happiest when I’m with my best friend and we’re just laughing about life and times, there is nothing greater than friendship in this world. And that kind of sort of mutual acceptance ; to feel known and understood by people and to feel like you know and understand them back is all you can ask for.

They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

Friendship's the wine of life.

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do.

Can we ever really know anyone well? Let's just say we often found ourselves in each other's company and neither of us minded.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

None is so crazy but that he may find a crazier comrade who will understand him.

I would go so far as to say I would not have the life that I have right now if it wasn't for Gabe Liedman. He is the first person I met in my adulthood that I felt was truly delighted by me and understood me and also was curious about me.

The more specific you are about a very general feeling of loneliness is actually how you connect with people.

My music is straightforward because I want to give people me and let them know they're not alone in going through the things that they go through.

This may be a bit of a broad statement, but I don't think there's anyone that I've met that I haven't created a bit of a deep relationship with. It's a really lovely thing to create a relation with people that might not anticipate that closeness. And that's kind of the light of my life, getting to be close to people.

We're alone, but we are capable of communicating to one another both our loneliness and our desire to break through it. You say, 'I'm alone.' Someone answers, 'I'm alone too.' There's a shift in the scale of power. A bridge is thrown between the two abysses.

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are

There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.