I was never less alone than when by myself.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.

Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.

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.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.

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.

She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.