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b'Loneliness is painful, emotionally and even physically, born from a \\u201cwant of intimacy\\u201d when we need it most, in early childhood. Solitude - the capacity to be contentedly and constructively alone - is built from successful human connection at just that time. \\n~ Sherry Turkle \\n\\nWe\\u2019re all a bit scared of loneliness - of being alone. Of being left. Of not being loved. Or needed. Or cared about. \\n\\u201cLonely\\u201d hits a spot of fear in all of us even if we don\\u2019t acknowledge it. \\n~ Sue Bourne \\n\\nLife is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. \\n~ Viktor Frankl'