I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone – as it seems to me – is in danger.
- Andrei Tarkovsky
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Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.
―Jorge Luis Borges
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Gods always behave like the people who make them.
-Zora Neale Hurston
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He who laughs has not yet received the terrible news.
Brecht
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If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.
-Tennessee Williams
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If you wanna fly, you gotta give up the shit that weighs you down.
-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
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The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.
-Toni Morrison
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That’s a great quote, thanks for posting it.
I have found myself alone a lot in the last six months. I have discovered that I can structure my day so as to stave off boredom. I cook, I play the guitar, I work, I read, I exercise, and I daydream.
There is freedom in solitude.
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agreed, it means you've lost all curiosity, industriousness, feelings of gratitude for others and you're leaning back in your la-z-boy chair looking for entertainment.





