“As for me, I appear to myself quite naked, divested of everything that made me agreeable: I am ashamed to appear in society; and notwithstanding the endeavors that have been used to bring me back to it, I have latterly been like one just come out of the woods; nor could I be otherwise. Few are worthy of understanding what I feel; I have sought those chosen few, and avoided all others.” LonelinessIntimate FriendsPrivate Thoughts Book:The Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Friends Source: The Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Friends