“When you're alone you don't do much laughing.”
“Rather than admitting you don't know what to do next, you fake it in public and feel lost when you're alone.”
“Laugh and the world laughs with you (unless you're at a funeral), cry and you cry alone.”
“When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.”
“You're drinking in the joy of life,' Bear told her when she tried to explain why she was laughing. 'There's so much opportunity for drinking deeply of it, and we very rarely do it. When you do, it makes you feel alive all over.”
“When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anyone or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.”