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
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.
-David Levithan
"Every Day"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
