#isolation

One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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#changes #cornell #county #ever #everybody

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

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#alone #aura #childbirth #every #isolation

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

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#flame #isolation #laughter #loss #sacrifice