Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
-Douglas Coupland
"Shampoo Planet"
Quotations
Loneliness
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
