When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Hilaire Belloc, (Jul 27 1870-1953), English writer, poet; He was one of the most versatile English writers noted for his light verse, witty children's poetry.