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finding strength in solitude — thoughts inspired by a room of one’s own

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own There have been moments when I sought silence not to escape, but to understand myself better. Reading Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own felt like meeting a kindred spirit who knew the paradox of solitude — how it can isolate yet empower. I remember retreating to a small corner of my apartment, shutting out the noise of the world, grappling with self-doubt and the fear of being unheard. In that quiet, I found a strange clarity. Solitude gave me the room to breathe, to create, and to reclaim my voice. Woolf’s words echo this truth: solitude is not loneliness but the soil where our freedom and creativity take root. #Entertainment #Books #LonelyWords #VirginiaWoolf #ARoomOfOnesOwn

finding strength in solitude — thoughts inspired by a room of one’s own
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I used to think I was just ‘too sensitive’ — until I read ‘The Bell Jar.’

For years, I was told I needed to toughen up. "Don’t take things so personally." "Stop overthinking." "Just smile more." And I believed them. I thought the problem was me. Then I read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath — and suddenly, I wasn’t alone anymore. Esther’s quiet unraveling, the way she moves through a world that dismisses her pain as drama or mood swings... It was terrifyingly familiar.↳ There’s a passage where she says: “I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.” That line lived in me for weeks. 📖 This book didn’t heal me — but it named the thing I was too ashamed to say. And sometimes, that’s the first crack of light. #Entertainment #Books #FeministReads

I used to think I was just ‘too sensitive’ — until I read ‘The Bell Jar.’