Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
