Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Quotations
Loneliness
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.
-Sorin Cerin
"Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
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"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
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"
