“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.”
“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?”
“I don't mind being alone either. The only problem is that if you're always alone, you get lonely.”
“I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were”
“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”