ALONE
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
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The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.
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Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.