“There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.”– Henry David Thoreau Related Quotes “But he also knew that, as much as he wanted to aid and console the soldier, he wanted to be alone in his room with the night coming down and a book close by and pen and paper and the knowledge that the door would remain shut until the morning came and he would ne be disturbed. The gap between these two desires filled him with sadness and awe at the mystery of the self, the mystery of having a single consciousness, knowing merely its own bare feelings and experiencing singly and alone it own pain or fear or pleasure or complacency.”— Colm Tóibín “She used to think alone was the answer. Alone would stop the whispers and the taunts. Alone couldn’t get her into any more trouble. Alone meant not getting hurt. Now, she’d give anything to see another human being. To hear someone call her name”— Kathryn Holmes “The people you think are the happiest are usually the saddest; that’s because they see more and feel deeper than others do. They are the sensitive and they see beyond the veil of what’s tangible and what’s not. They wear no masks and can see through the masks of others. The sensitive to life are few in number, which is why they feel so alone…because they are all alone.”— Donna Lynn Hope