Usually, when people talk about the fact that humans are social animals, part of a mainland and never an island, I have trouble relating. For my entire life I have felt cut off from the rest of humanity. This has never been a great cause of sorrow for me, possibly because it’s impossible to miss what you never had, but the strong bonds that united other people, whether or not they were symbolized by rings or blood or something else, have always appeared to be looser, thinner, less meaningful for me than they are for others.
No man is an island by design. It's not what God intended.
