A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

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.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that in her eyes he would read more

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.

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not read more

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in
the same atmosphere with it.

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.