“Maybe the truth is that saying goodbye seems to me a rejection of human warmth - even the minimal warmth that makes us feel solitude less. I mean real solitude, which rises up by surprise and lasts a few seconds, the solitude that derives not from lack of company or affection, but from our innate separateness from one another.” LoveLonelinessLeavingGoodbyeStayingAbandonmentElenaFerrante Book:Incidental Inventions Source: Incidental Inventions