We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Quotations
Loneliness
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
It's only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.
-Mizu Sahara
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
