Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Quotations
Loneliness
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
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
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
