When I was a child, there's one thing I said: 'I never want to be alone.' That's what I would say. I don't want to be alone.
Men find it more difficult than women to be alone. They function better with someone in their lives. Being married, they are rooted, so they feel safe to go and do what they want to do.
I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.
I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.
She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.
He longed to be lost but he couldn't bear not to be found.
When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.
If anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.
The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.
Wanting attention is genderless. It's human.
I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.
Sometimes, the loneliness probably got to be too much and anyone seemed better than no one.
If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.
