Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.

In even the happiest love story, the World wins at last.

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.

What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?

Self-hatred is sometimes appropriate.

Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.