By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.

George Herbert

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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

I don't know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.

The sensation I had experienced vanished like smoke from a snuffed candle, leaving behind wisps of nameless longing.

Julianne Donaldson

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