Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Quotations
Loneliness
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
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
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
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
"The Eternal Now"
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
