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
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
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"
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"
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"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
