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
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
-Mitch Albom
"The Time Keeper"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
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"
I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.
-Orhan Pamuk
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.
-Douglas Coupland
"Shampoo Planet"
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
