All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
-Douglas Coupland
"Shampoo Planet"
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"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
