Quotations
Loneliness
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
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
- Henry Rollins
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
- Stephen King
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
- Lawrence Durrell
Be good and you will be lonesome.
- Mark Twain
Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time.
- Allison Burnett
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
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
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
- David Levithan
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
- Henry David Thoreau
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