Bleak Quote by Ellen Airgood

“How could it be that I wanted those scary narrow streets and books and coffee shops for her so much more than she wanted…

— Rufi Thorpe

“She honestly wondered sometimes which fate was worse, death or standing behind a curtain and looking out at the street at all the things…

— Elizabeth Berg

“We lived in a small house, so there was no escape from the goddamn racket of her loneliness.”

— Sherman Alexie

“She despised the sadness that hung inside her like old lace.”

— Sonya Hartnett

“He wanted to flee in shame, to the kitchenette, to the next room, to the fire escapes and rooftops and the places where the…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“You know, Elise, sometimes our lives have moments of great disappointment. It's difficult at the time, but we have to move beyond.”

— Nicky Charles

“Her apartment seemed fussier than ever, as if the doilies and tassels had taken to breeding in their unguarded moments.”

— Armistead Maupin

“This was it, a crossroad where a happy home was within her grasp, and on the other side lay years of loneliness and misery.”

— Anya Wylde

“Life itself is too painful to bear, Madeline had said. Sometimes, suffering feels like an escape.”

— Michael Wallace

“Madeline knew how that was. So many people had ideas of what you should and shouldn't do, but in the end you had to…

— Ellen Airgood

“Or maybe, in my gut, I felt like I was missing out on something. I knew there was more to life than a pixelated…

— Katie Kacvinsky

“All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or…

— Celeste Ng