“What was the point in such loneliness among people. At least if you were by yourself, you had a good reason to be lonely.”

“In Japan, even when you’re alone, you’re never really that lonely. But the loneliness you feel among people with differently colored skin and eyes, whose language you don’t even speak very well – that sort of loneliness is something you feel down to the marrow of your bones.”

“What do you care? You always liked loneliness better than you liked people. No offence — liking yourself’s the beginning of all love.”

“You couldn't help that you were born without a heart. At least you tried to believe what the people with hearts believed — so you were a good man just the same.”

“Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Lonliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best thing you can do it know yourself… know what you want.”

“At least the mentor’s point was made: loneliness was psychological, not statistical.”

“How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely…”

“What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn't like?”

“If you are going to sell yourself, you should at least get a good price.”

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”