"the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time."
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"Twilight whippoorwill... Whistle on, sweet deepener Of dark loneliness"
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"At any moment solitude may put on the face of loneliness."
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"Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another."
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"My intention has been to encourage viewers to face their prejudices about prostitution, sex and aging while reflecting on the complex and varied forms that love and loneliness can take."
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"Solitude: a sweet absence of looks."
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"The confusing lesson whipped Frankie's anger into something she had never felt before. It was like an emotional meringue - the airy feeling of loneliness topped with the hard crisp of injustice. Yet its taste was far from sweet."
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"Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone."
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"The devil-ache of loneliness seldom deserts the bones of the angry."
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