“A lot of people are lonely. A lot of people are lonely even when they’re surrounded by other people.”
“A lot of people spend their time just floating/We were victims together but lonely.”
“People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.”
“But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.”
“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.”
“Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.”