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"
Quotations
Loneliness
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
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"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
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
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
