ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
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
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
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"
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
