Quote by John Verdon

“Relationships are like wall paper patterns, you think your moving forward but your always caught in your own obsessions.”

— Darcey Steinke

“He was someone who had to live alone, someone who found it difficult to be with others for any length of time, because he…

— John Burnside

“He liked living simply. And he liked living alone. He had grown to dislike physical affection. It was intrusive, and it bullied his self…

— John Shirley

“Yet he too obsessed me for years. Until I wrote it out, I would find my lips moving; I would be arguing with him;…

— Virginia Woolf

“This sort of obsessing would get him nowhere. He needed to move on, to get going, to look forward.”

— Jodi Picoult

“He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific…

— Theresa Breslin

“I had no technique for dealing with him: only an overpowering, unnerving, irrational, chemical desire to be with him.”

— Elaine Dundy

“He was almost afraid to be alone with himself and yet he was ashamed to be with others.”

— C. S. Lewis

“insecurity had nothing to do with reality. He loved me deeply. He just didn’t realize that he wasn’t paying attention because he was distracted…

— Melissa Orlov

“I tried to turn my mind off. Shut down the thoughts that were with me every second. Everything in me ached to be with…

— Dan Skinner

“He tried to deal with the concept of love as distinct from possession, and couldn't separate them.”

— Paulo Coelho

“...being able to listen to unrepeatable secrets, wishes, and desires wasn't as wonderful as it seemed...being aware of what other people felt at every…

— Laura Esquivel