I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
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"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.
-Suzanne Collins
"Mockingjay"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
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
