It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Quotations
Loneliness
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
-Deb Caletti
"The Fortunes of Indigo Skye"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
