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
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
