Loneliness is a hard thing to handle. I feel it, sometimes. When I do, I want it to end. Sometimes, when you're near someone, when you touch them on some level that is deeper than the uselessly structured formality of casual civilized interaction, there's a sense of satisfaction in it. Or at least, there is for me. It doesn't have to be someone particularly nice. You don't have to like them. You don't even have to want to work with them. You might even want to punch them in the nose. Sometimes just making that connection is its own experience, its own reward. .Jim Butcher
About This Quote
I've experienced loneliness. I have felt it. It was not something I enjoyed. It made me feel detached from my body.
It made me feel detached from the world around me. When I didn't have something to do, I felt the need to fill that void. That's when I began losing myself in video games, or surfing the Internet, or working out with weights.
Eventually, that became a habit. Another way to fill the void was to find someone else to take care of it for me, but no one ever took care of my loneliness for me.
Source: White Night
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