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"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
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"
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
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"
