“I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were”
“The only place their voices were left was in my head. It was better than being alone but it was so, so lonely.”
“I don't mind being alone either. The only problem is that if you're always alone, you get lonely.”
“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?”
“Only worse thing than being cold, and too tired to defend yourself, is to be cold and alone. And I wouldn't ever wish that on nobody.”
“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?”