I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
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"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
