Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
