"Don't open it!"
It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright
Anyway my eyes are not accustomed to this light
And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete
So I must go back to my room and make my day complete.
— "Flowers On The Wall", by The Statler Brothers
"And I got offended on behalf of my imaginary children! So I said 'Listen, lady, I went outside as much as Powder from the movie Powder, my kids are gonna be up in their rooms all day playing violent video games and catfishing pedophiles!'"
—John Mulaney, in his The Comeback Kid special.
I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
— "I Am a Rock", by Simon & Garfunkel
TV news shows what it's really like out there (It's a scare!)
You can go out if you want (We wouldn't dare!)
— "TV Party", by Black Flagnote
"I have spent most of, if not my entire life, in my bedroom, and I haven't left my apartment in years. There, now you understand why I got called the Ultimate Hikikomori!"
—Daisuke Hiyori, Danganronpa: Paradise Lost
I know of a place
Where you never get harmed.
A magical place
With magical charms.
Indoors! Indoors! Indoors!
—SpongeBob SquarePants, “I Had an Accident”
