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
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
