Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
"The Eternal Now"
Quotations
Loneliness
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
-Jarod Kintz
"This Book is Not for Sale"
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"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.
-Criss Jami
ut there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.
-Megan Whalen Turner
"The King of Attolia"
Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
-Wendell Berry
