If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Quotations
Loneliness
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
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"
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
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"
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"
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
