To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
Quotations
Loneliness
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
-Maya Angelou
Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
-Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"The Angel's Game"
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
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"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
-Charles Bukowski
"Women"
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
-Aria Adams
"Reminiscence"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
