Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
Quotations
Loneliness
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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
