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
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
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"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
