Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
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"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
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
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
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"
