No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
Interpretation
Being alone is not a negative experience, despite societal pressures and expectations.
Wendy Wasserstein's quote emphasizes the importance of embracing solitude and the concept that being alone does not equate to being unworthy or unsuccessful. The quote encourages individuals to find comfort and peace in their own company, rather than succumbing to fear or loneliness, especially in a world where social milestones can make solitude feel daunting.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a solo travel event to inspire people to enjoy their own company.
The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation. If I can just hold out till I'm thirty, I'll be incredible.
No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.
We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. Weβll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.
If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.
Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.
Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.
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