It wasn't only that you didn't see him anymore, meet him anymore. You saw his absence and encountered it as something tangible. His not being there was like the sharply outlined emptiness of a photo with a figure cut out precisely with scissors and now the missing figure is more important, more dominant than all others.
Pascal MercierWhat is it that we call loneliness. It canโt simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and you can be among people and yet be lonely. So what is it?
Pascal MercierWhen we talk about ourselves, about others, or simply about things, we want- it could be said โ to reveal ourselves in our words: We want to show what we think and feel. We let other have a glimpse into our soul.
Pascal MercierWe are stratified creatures, creatures full of abysses, with a soul of inconstant quicksilver, with a mind whose color and shape change as in a kaleidoscope that is constantly shaken.
Pascal Mercier