32 Quotes by Benedict Wells

There were things I couldn’t say; I could only write them. Because when I spoke, I thought; and when I wrote, I felt.

The only way we can overcome the loneliness within us is together.

The antidote to loneliness isn’t just being around random people indiscriminately, the antidote to loneliness is emotional security.

I couldn’t have expressed it clearly at the time, but in my heart I sensed I’d lost my way. The problem was that I didn’t know when and where. I didn’t even know which way it was I’d lost.

Er sah wieder weg und dachte daran, wie sie gesagt hatte, er solle sich keine Hoffnungen machen und sich nicht in sie verlieben. Und wie sollte das gehen?

Memory is a patient gardener.

All these nihilists and cynics are really just cowards. They act as if everything’s meaningless because that means ultimately there’s nothing to lose. Their attitude seems unassailable and superior, but inside it’s worthless.

Het leven is geen nulsomspel. Het is ons niets verschuldigd en alles gaat zoals het gaat. Soms terecht, zodat alles zin lijkt te hebben, en soms zo onterecht dat je aan alles gaat twijfelen. Ik trok het masker van het gezicht van het lot af en vond daarachter alleen het toeval.

And as soon as someone developed feelings for her, she quickly rejected him. As if something inside her had shattered, and anyone who got too close to her cut themselves on the shards.