When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
Quotations
Loneliness
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
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"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
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
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
