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
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
"Einstein's Dreams"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
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"
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
