I haven’t felt lonely for a very very long time, now. (touchwood*) I just wanted to say it because I read somewhere, of loneliness being the commonest and most persistent of all human conditions.

Many scholars and philosophers have done their best to get hold of what really is this emotion. They have written beautifully about it and reading them helps you with a better understanding of what we are dealing with and how to cope with it, if ever you find yourself in the rut.

Bukowski on loneliness.

Dostoevsky.

and Nietzsche.

You guys can add your favourite quotes or images on this subject , too. It’ll be a pretty significant thread.