Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
Quotations
Loneliness
Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
