I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Loneliness
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 am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
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
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
