The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.
There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
