Who said "Longing is the only thing that beats loneliness."?

This quote is attributed to Margaret Atwood.

Longing is the only thing that beats loneliness. - Margaret Atwood

"Longing is the only thing that beats loneliness."

Margaret Atwood Solitude

Novelist Poet Canadian Born 1939 (age 87)

"A word after a word after a word is power."

"If you're not falling, you're not skiing."

"Wanting to be Liked is a good motive, but Liking Itself is a better one."

"There is no such thing as a little freedom."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

"Solitude gives us time to reflect on what matters"

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

"I feel like I'm disappearing."