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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
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"
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
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"
