All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
Quotations
Loneliness
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time.
-Allison Burnett
"Undiscovered Gyrl"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
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"
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"
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
-Lawrence Durrell
