A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.

Margaret Atwood
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that...
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that...
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that...
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that...
About This Quote

In his poem, “A home filled with nothing but yourself,” Patrick Kavanagh explains the feeling of being alone. He says that when you have a house filled with only yourself, it’s heavy and that you feel a great weight on your shoulders. He continues by saying that this makes you feel an emptiness in your heart because you have nothing else to compare it to. However, he says that there is one good thing about being alone, and it’s that when you are alone, there is nothing to distract or take away from you. In other words, when you are alone, you can be completely honest with yourself and be your true self.

Source: The Tent

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