“I felt the kind of loneliness that can happen in a roomful of people when everyone but you seems to be in on the good time.”

“In times of crisis not one should be counted special. Everyone was human therefore equal to the same misery and misfortune and good luck as everyone else. What happened to the whole ‘we gotta stick together’ motto? When hard times came-a-knocking, people baled on good sense and decency.”

“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”

“I know what it feels like, and it sucks, it really does, when you are up in the middle of the night thinking about the things that you've suddenly became aware of. The things you're missing out on right now, and all the people who are not close to you anymore, and all of the good times that will never happen again, and all the people who have meant the world to you who have forgotten about you forever, and you get this awful feeling that's kind of like a mix between loneliness and nostalgia.”

“Loneliness is amplified when everyone you know is busy talking to everyone but you.”

“...does it seem strange in the loneliness of the present time, that I run to you?...”