Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Quotations
Loneliness
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"
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
-David Levithan
"Every You, Every Me"
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
"The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1"
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
-Marilynne Robinson
"Housekeeping"
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
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"
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
-Jean Paul Sartre
