“ I should have written you a letter, it was too late to make the deaths of my brothers an excuse. Since they died, I wrote a book; why not a letter? A mysterious but truthful answer is that while I can… Saul Bellow
“ Whenever one speaks of lonely people one takes too much for granted. One thinks people all know what they're dealing with. No, they do not. They've never seen a lonely person, they've simply hated him… Rainer Maria Rilke
“ Um, you don’t have to join me, but if you’re looking for a table, there are a couple good seats over there.” He nodded toward the far end. J.M. Richards
“ We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand. Anneli Rufus
“ In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring... Andre Gide
