Art

We cling to music, to poems, to quotes, to writing, to art because we desperately do not want to be alone. We want to know we aren't going crazy and someone else out there knows exactly how we are feeling. We want someone to explain the things we can't.
The best moments in reading are when you come across something. A thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met. Maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out and taken yours.