There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say oh God I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

In Genesis it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

Still and all why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do care about many of the things you care about although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.