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"
Quotations
Loneliness
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
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"
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
