Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
