Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Quotations
Loneliness
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
It's only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.
-Mizu Sahara
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
