Snippets from Strangers

I’ve never been lonely. I’ve been in a room - I’ve felt suicidal. I’ve been depressed. I’ve felt awful - awful beyond all - but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me…or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I’ve never been bothered with, because I’ve always had this terrible itch for solitude.