Removed from normal social existence, these low-tech terminators eliminated "the right people" and withdrew into bitter isolation again.
Retiring to a bitter isolation, Timon rails against all humanity and refuses every sort of consolation, even that of well-meant companionship and sympathy from a former servant.
Elijah's intensity and the bitter isolation and disaffection of these young men and the despair of the streets outside had caused me to glimpse dimly what may now seem to be a fantasy, although, in an age so fantastical, I would hesitate to say precisely what a fantasy is.
The saccharine sentiment of the annual Hallmark holiday puts pressure on all of us: couples dutifully shell out time and money over kitsch – cuddly mating rituals that paralyse real passion – while the rest of us, however contented, nurse a sense of bitter isolation".
Meanwhile some of the bare-bones songs from "No Better Than This" got fleshed out, like "The West End," a chronicle of urban decay that became a dark drone, and "No One Cares About Me," a litany of bitter isolation and stubborn optimism that took on a jaunty bounce.
"Better the occasional meal shared with friends at McDonald's than organic salad in bitter isolation," Stone admonishes the new dietary purists.
