It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
Quotations
Loneliness
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
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
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"
Lonely was much better than alone.
-Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
Loneliness is not a result of physical isolation; you're only lonely the day you realize that nobody shares your opinions.
-Sabah Carrim
"Humeirah"
Be good and you will be lonesome.
-Mark Twain
"Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World"
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
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"
