Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
Quotations
Loneliness
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
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
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
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"
