“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.”

“The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.”

“I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone.”

“Everyone wants to feel loved, but when all you feel is alone it's tough to accomplish anything else.”

“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”

“Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.”

“As soon as I was out in the street, I realized I didn't want to be alone after all, I realized I didn't want to be anything at all.”

“The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be.”

“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.”

“I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.”