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.

Paul Tillich

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It's strange. I felt less lonely when I didn't know you.

JeanPaul Sartre

I've spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won't leave, and fearing that it's a matter of time before they figure me out and go.

Shauna Niequist

Beautiful fake smile. All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are.

I miss you deeply, unfathomably, senselessly, terribly.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

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