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
Quotations
Loneliness
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
-Henry David Thoreau
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
-John Steinbeck
"Of Mice and Men"
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
