“I've decided that the worst part of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being forgotten.”
“The worst part is the unknown. The pain of being alone, the loneliness, is familiar. You've dealt with that. You understand it. But loving someone, risking everything, is unknown. There's no way to know how bad it's going to be. You barely survive the pain of being alone, so how can you deal with anything worse? So you don't bother to try.”
“Loneliness is not being alone, It's loving others to no avail.”
“He liked the loneliness of inner space, the sense of being forgotten by the world.”
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
“Language has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.”