Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
My sleep wasn't peaceful, though. I have the sense of emerging from a world of dark, haunted places where I traveled alone.
-Suzanne Collins
"Mockingjay"
