The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

The one who tries so hard to jump in, never gets to fit in.

Lying in the bed that had once held two, Lisey thought alone never felt more lonely than when you woke up and discovered you still had the house to yourself. That you and the mice in the walls were the only ones still breathing.