Loneliness – CLARITY AND CHAOS

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. John Steinbeck, The Art of Fiction No. 45 (via theparisreview)

Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you. Carl Jung

I’m not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what’s on my bedside table rather than what’s in my bed. Michelle Williams, 2011 10 Vogue (via jjoongie)

“Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.” NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace (via memoriesofmymelancholy)

Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.’ Kurt Vonnegut (via thegirlandherbooks)