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
Quotations
Loneliness
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.
-Jarod Kintz
"The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
