Now some advantages particular to this age are not to be denied. Boredom seems to have been vanquished. There is always something to do, but hasn’t this translated into a perpetual distraction in our lives.
Loneliness is a lifelong companion, an established fact. Instead of denying it, fighting it, and avoiding it needlessly, you’d better accept it, let it protect you from going home in the crowd, and let it accompany you to breakfast on Saturday morning and tidy up the sunshine.