What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
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"
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
