We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Quotations
Loneliness
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
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"
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"
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1"
