Cases Quote by Julian Barnes

I suppose most people would think that it was wonderful, that the world is so varied, that there is something for everyone, and I…

— Peter Cameron

Nor was I the only one struggling.To live an ordinary life, like any ordinary person, must have been the vain dream of countless others.

— Sayo Masuda

I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't feel like I could talk about…

— Virginia Williams

I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who actually ask me to…

— Charles Yu

The key to me recovering from drug addiction was figuring out why I was so upset and why I hated myself so much. I…

— Oliver Sykes

It was not an easy task understanding myself. And because, as I was aging, I was becoming more and more an unknown to myself,…

— Mariana Fulger

I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.

— Julian Barnes

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

— Anne Frank

It was hard to rebuild your personal life from the ground up.

— Calum Hood

I had no interests. I had no interest in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At least the others…

— Charles Bukowski

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

I was escaping from Nature and at last becoming myself, that Other whom I was aspiring to be in the eyes of others.

— Jean-Paul Sartre