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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
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"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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"
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"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
