Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
-May Sarton
Quotations
Loneliness
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
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"
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
-Charlotte Brontë
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
-Wayne W. Dyer
It's only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.
-Mizu Sahara
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tellyou that solitude is fine.
-Honoré De Balzac
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
