Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Quotations
Loneliness
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
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"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
