“Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet.”
“The disadvantage of not being together at same place, not meeting each other personally, not able to talk with each other eye into eye, not able to feel each others touch; makes it difficult for a Long Distance Relationship to work.”
“That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.”
“he doesn't know it, but this touching she does is not only compassionate, but possessive.”
“My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one.”
“I know what it feels like not to fit in, but trying to be like everyone around you doesn't work.”