Centre Quote by Bernadette Roberts

I wandered off, walking through streets that seemed emptier than ever, thinking that if I didn't stop, if I kept on walking, I wouldn't…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Everything felt fragile and freshly come upon, but for now, at least, my depression had stepped back, giving me room to move forward. I…

— Daphne Merkin

I took a walk, Suddenly I stood still, filled with the realization that I had no body or mind. All I could see was…

— Hanshan

I crawled back into myself all alone, just delighted to observe that I was even more miserable than before, because I had brought a…

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every…

— Anonymous

Throughout my life I had wandered alone, trying to find pieces of me in any place I could and when it came down to…

— Matthew Carter

I stood in front of a mountain and was overwhelmed by the beauty and energy; I had goosebumps. I thought, if I could record…

— Vicky Krieps

The great stillness in these landscapes that once made me restless seeps into me day by day, and with it the unreasonable feeling that…

— Peter Matthiessen

I kept staring into the blackness of the woods, drawn into the darkness as I always had been. I suddenly realized how alone I…

— Bret Easton Ellis

But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself looking out…

— Donna Tartt

I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's eyes, and…

— Rebecca Stead

You described the feeling you’d always had of being misplaced, of always standing to one side of yourself, of watching yourself in the world…

— Jay McInerney