I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Quotations
Loneliness
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
-Deb Caletti
"The Fortunes of Indigo Skye"
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"
Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.
-Sorin Cerin
"Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom"
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
