“I couldn’t stand to be alone. But there was no one that I wanted to be with. And no matter where I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter who I was with, no matter what I was doing, no matter where I was, it was wrong, I didn’t want it. Every night, I sat with crowds of people and I felt totally alone.”

“I couldn’t stand to be alone. But there was no one that I wanted to be with. And no matter where I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter who I was with, no matter what I was doing, no matter where I was, it was wrong, I didn’t want it. Every night, I sat with crowds of people and I felt totally alone.”

— Marian Keyes