“Isolation is devastating to the human psyche.”

“Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments.”

“Hate and fascism are devoid of humanity, and therefore devoid of love. That's easy to see. But so are indifference devoid of humanity, and self-isolation, or the isolation of one-another.”

“Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink - it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiselled on the human soul, and engraved on the human psyche. ”

“The Alice books belong to a branch of literature that speaks deeply and clearly to the human psyche--stories of the journey.”

“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.”