You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone. Only you're not. That way, you can go through your entire life without having to really know anybody. And, or course, stability isn't nearly as spectacular as instability. And being contented had none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt.
Happiness is never grand.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawkings 4. A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 7. Jane Eyre 8. Anything by Dr. Suess 9. Les Miserable 11.