"the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them"

— Charles Bukowski, “Cause and Effect”

"if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you."

— Pablo Neruda, “If You Forget Me”

People only ask you if you’re okay when they see something’s wrong with you, so apparently they don’t even need to ask. 

"I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way."

— Simone de Beauvoir