Religion? Love?

"here was one room; there another. Did religion solve that or love?" (127)

Clarissa sees the old woman through her window, and feels that she knows a little bit about the women even though she does not actually know her. Windows allow Clarissa to break the barrier of communication. They are both living in their separate rooms, which symbolize humanity's solitude and absence of communication. Miss. Kilman turns to religion in her solitude and anger. She believes God can look into her soul and accompany her. Clarissa, being an atheist, disagrees with Miss. Kilman. Peter always looks for love to rid him of his solitude. He thinks that by loving a woman, his walls will crumble and there will be complete communication between him and his love. Clarissa believes that there will always be walls hindering complete communication between two people especially as they age.