I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between the stars.

The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side.

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars.

The absent no longer entered our thoughts. One spoke of them who knows what happened to them? but their fate was not on our minds. We were incapable of thinking. Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog. We no longer clung to anything. The instincts of self-preservation, of self-defense, of pride, had all deserted us. In one terrifying moment of lucidity, I thought of us as damned souls wandering through the void, souls condemned to wander through space until the end of time, seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either.

I was lost and out of touch, with the way you made me feel.

I saw them come towards us, deeply sighing,
Their gaze averted, of all hope devoid.

Now THERE'S a hollow state to be in, isn't it — to believe in God and get no sign that He's there.

There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged. Such moments are most desirable, for it means the soul has cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places. This is detachment — when the old is over and the new has not yet come. If you are afraid, the state may be distressing, but there is really nothing to be afraid of. Remember the instruction: Whatever you come across — go beyond.

Now they were as strangers; worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.

Not a spoon clinked against a mug, not a creamer was popped, peeled and opened, not a breath. It was as though something else had joined them then. As though silence had taken a seat.

...he had the sense that they were both lonely, albeit in different ways. He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd.

Like many isolated people, they were wrapped up in themselves and not too interested in the world outside.

I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.