But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.
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A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.
In our youths, many of us suspected that being tied down to a partner and family might constrain us. But after 40, even that landscape starts to shift. Many singletons turn inward and start longing for the things so many of us longed to be free of in our 20s.
I became conflicted in my late teens.
Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say.
I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.
My 20s were a completely and utterly different time in my life.
As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.
The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.
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