Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Quotations
Loneliness
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
-Alain De Botton
"The Consolations of Philosophy"
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
-Mother Teresa
Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.
-Stephen King
"The Stand"
Sometimes being surrounded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.
-Soraya
