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‘This emotion needs to be felt, and not be ignored.’

Lonely heart: Sanjive Mahandru on dealing with isolation

‘This emotion needs to be felt, and not be ignored.’

by Sanjive Mahandru 19th December 2025

Are you lonely?

Did George Fox ever get lonely? He was imprisoned several times; he was in isolation for months – over two years at one time from 1664, so almost six years, in total, if you add his eight imprisonments together.