I specially remember what you said about God having made us lonely, so that we might be obliged to turn to him.

For we are all lonely, though some of us not quite so much as others.

You yourself spoke often of being lonely.

Oh, my own little one! Your loneliness is nothing compared to mine.

How often I could have told you that.
"I have never seen any of your work, but I think you have now something to say to others, and that you will say it well.