When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
Quotations
Loneliness
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
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
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
