I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
Quotations
Loneliness
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
