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A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering. Rather, he seeks ...more

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All great and precious things are lonely.

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I ain't got no people. I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain't no good. They don't have no fun. After a long time they get mea...more

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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

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This is just a nigger talkin', an' a busted-back nigger. So it don't mean nothing, see? You couldn't remember it anyways. I seen it over an' over-a gu...more

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He stopped, feeling lonely in his long speech.

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A number of years ago I had some experience with being alone. For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Si...more