Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
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
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
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"
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
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"
