It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Quotations
Loneliness
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
It's only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.
-Mizu Sahara
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
