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"
Quotations
Loneliness
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
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"
