Pete Shorey (my dad) | On Alienation

"Its okay to feel alienated.You're not like everyone else, doesn't that make you happy?

But your still a human being Sam, and there are certain things that connect us all. You can't get yourself thinking you're the only person who feels alienated; every great book is about that exact feeling. If anything we are connected in the fact that anyone who stops to think about the world will realize to some extent we are all all alone. But, i guess the really alienating thing is there are a lot of people who don't stop to think about the world, huh?"