It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Quotations
Loneliness
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
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"
