Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
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"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
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
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
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"
