Who said "To feel alone is to feel most connected to humanity."?

This quote is attributed to Gérard de Nerval.

To feel alone is to feel most connected to humanity. - Gérard de Nerval

"To feel alone is to feel most connected to humanity."

Gérard de Nerval Solitude

Poet Writer French 1808–1855

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"Love is the poetry of the senses."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

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"I'm not good with people, never have been."

"I feel like I'm disappearing."