The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?

There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.

Lying in the bed that had once held two, Lisey thought alone never felt more lonely than when you woke up and discovered you still had the house to yourself. That you and the mice in the walls were the only ones still breathing.

I realized I love him just as much or more than I did four years ago. That I'm never live with him" She raised her head to look at her sisters with haunted eyes. "And I don't know if I can live without him.

If what he said was the truth, it broke her heart. If what he said was a lie, it was broken anyway.

-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you extensive library for a book on manners.
-You will not find it.
-Why am I not surprised?