Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
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
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
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"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
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"
