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"
Quotations
Loneliness
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
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"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
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"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
