All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Quotations
Loneliness
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
