Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Quotations
Loneliness
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
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"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
-Deb Caletti
"The Fortunes of Indigo Skye"
