All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
