“To know you will be lonely is not the same as being 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?”
“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?”
“We live in the same house but we both feel lonely. We and lonely don't belong in the same sentence.”
“t's so lonely when you don't even know yourself.. it's so lonely.”
“I learned that day that there is no more lonely state than being in a lonely marriage.”