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The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious read more
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was read more
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion read more
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
I like to enjoy myself, but rest assured that I can be as serious as anyone else can.
I like to enjoy myself, but rest assured that I can be as serious as anyone else can.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state read more
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.
Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it read more
Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
