Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
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 worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
