Quotations
Loneliness
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
- Arthur C. Clarke
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
- Joseph Gordon Levitt
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
- Wendell Berry
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
- Edward Carey
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
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
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
- Henry Rollins
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
- Phoebe Steon
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
- Woody Allen
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
- Louisa May Alcott
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