remonstrances

whiled

An invisible barrier separated him from the rest of the world.

Perhaps the reason he wanted to be alone was because he had felt isolated from everybody

thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else,

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young

sardonically,

rheumatism