“A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognized among mankind, than I feel.”
“Loneliness is a state of feeling that can be changed.People may still feel lonely even among the crowd.”
“That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.”
“We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.”
“The more man realises his humanity, the lonelier he feels.”
“I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off.”