Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau