I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Quotations
Loneliness
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
