"I used to think that the moments of greatest despair were those in which one feels most alone. But now I realize that the worst moments are those in which one feels the weight of everyone’s expectations and yet knows that one can never fulfill them. I am surrounded by people who think they understand me, who believe they can save me, but they cannot see that I am beyond salvation. The kind words, the looks of pity, the offers of help—they only deepen the wound, reminding me of a hope that I can no longer feel, of a future that no longer belongs to me."

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot