Loneliness from "summary" of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
In that period of solitude, Aureliano felt that he had been singled out for a brilliant destiny. He dug deep into the hidden recesses of his own loneliness, and there he found that his life was but a mirror image of his own solitude. It was a solitude without love, without tenderness, without hope. The very air he breathed seemed to be filled with the scent of his own despair.
He tried to escape this suffocating loneliness by immersing himself in his studies, in his work, in his dreams. But no matter how hard he tried, the loneliness persisted, a constant companion that refused to be shaken off. It was a loneliness that gnawed at his soul, that hollowed out his heart, that left him feeling empty and lost.
He sought solace in the company of others, in the warmth of human touch, in the fleeting moments of connection that he shared with ...
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