I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Loneliness
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
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
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
