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It is strange
to be known so universally
and yet to be so lonely.

―Albert Einstein

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I'm in the habit
of being alone.
I try hard to break it,
I can't on my own.

—Edie Brickell

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the irony of loneliness
is we all feel it
at the same time

—rupi kaur

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I know what it means
to be alone.

—Led Zeppelin

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If I should be short on words
and long on things to say,
could you crawl into my world
and take me worlds away.

—Chris Cornell

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Whoever you are,
no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself
to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese,
harsh and exciting—
over and over
announcing your place
in the family of things.

—Mary Oliver

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Alone we can do so little.
Together we can do so much.

—Helen Keller

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You can stand
under my umbrella.

—Rihanna

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Take me with you.

—My therapist

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