Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
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"
