Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe. The others have a certain stickiness, they stick to the mass.
-D. H. Lawrence
"Lady Chatterley's Lover"
Quotations
Loneliness
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
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"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
