A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
Quotations
Loneliness
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
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"
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"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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"
