Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Quotations
Loneliness
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
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"
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
