As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
Quotations
Loneliness
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
