You can be alone, and not be lonely until you want to be with other people, but can't.
You can be with people, yet still be lonely because you want to be with other people. (example, "She's leaving home after living alone/ For so many years/ Bye bye")
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"I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something - or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip."
Roger Zelazny
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