My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.
-Suzanne Collins
"Mockingjay"
Quotations
Loneliness
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
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
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
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
