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"
Quotations
Loneliness
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
