Quotations
Loneliness
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
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
- Wendell Berry
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
- Henry David Thoreau
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
- John Steinbeck
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
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
- Wayne W. Dyer
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
- Toba Beta
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
All great and precious things are lonely.
- John Steinbeck
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
- Criss Jami
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