“There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.”
“I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off.”
“It’s funny how you can be all alone and in danger and then a minute later feel totally safe, like you’ve never been lonely before.”
“He could be alone without being lonely.”
“...Maybe this was another reason why people read: not so that they would feel less lonely, but so that other people would think they looked less lonely with a book in their hands and therefore not pity them and leave them alone.”
“I'd rather be alone and lonely than have a bitch by my side and still feel lonely..”