To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Quotations
Loneliness
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
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"
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"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
