“The sound of loneliness makes me happier”

Source: Beautiful Losers

Source: Shadow Heir

The Human Comedy (1943)
Context: Everything is changed — for you. But it is still the same, too. The loneliness you feel has come to you because you are no longer a child. But the whole world has always been full of that loneliness. The loneliness does not come from the War. The War did not make it. It was the loneliness that made the War.

As quoted in Huh (10 October 1996).
1990s

Source: The History of Love

Source: It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Source: Life Itself : A Memoir (2011), Ch. 55 : Go Gently
Context: "Kindness" covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

Source: Bleach―ブリーチ― 42 [Burīchi 42]

Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas