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"
Quotations
Loneliness
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.
-Sorin Cerin
"Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
