Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
Quotations
Loneliness
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
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"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
