Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
Quotations
Loneliness
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
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"
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
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
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"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
