Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
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"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
