Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
Quotations
Loneliness
The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Great Gatsby"
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.
-Dorothy Day
"The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
-Suzanne Gordon
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
