“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”
“There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?”
“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.”
“The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?”
“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don't think that's true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”
“I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were”