“All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.”

“When I meet someone I like being with more than I like being alone, I'll marry her.”

“One human thought alone is worth more than the entire world, hence God alone is worthy of it.”

“To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.”

“In God is my being, my I, my strength, I no longer see union, for I know nothing more and can see nothing more than him alone without me. I do not know where the I is, nor do I seek it, nor do I wish to know or be cognizant of it my bliss, my desire. But this I that I often call so…in truth I no longer know what the I is, or the Mine, or desire, or the good, or bliss.”

“After all, human beings are like that. When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone.”

“Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.”

“A human being cannot survive alone and be entirely human. It is through the nature of their social and political institutions that the differences and similarities among cultures are to be accounted for.”

“Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.”

“I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.”