Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
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"
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
