Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would ascent to an angelical stature; and, as he attached the fervent nature of his companion more and more closely to him, he heard the strange impersonal voice which he recognised as his own, insisting on the soul's incurable lonliness. We cannot give ourselves, it said: we are our own.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have read more
What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have read more
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.
Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.
Be good and you will be lonely.
Be good and you will be lonely.
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
