“What could be lonelier than trying to communicate?”
“I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.”
“A blanket could be used to communicate with dolphins. Be quiet! I’m trying to talk to the swimming mammals. ”
“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
“For it is probable that when people talk aloud, the selves (of which there may be more than two thousand) are conscious of disserverment, and are trying to communicate but when communication is established there is nothing more to be said.”
“Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper. It was an illness, loneliness--it made you weak, gullible, feebleminded.”