If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
-Andy Rooney
Quotations
Loneliness
I felt very lonely when they were all there.
-Ernest Hemingway
"A Farewell to Arms"
Loneliness isn’t a lack of people. It is a lack of understanding and acceptance.
-Bronnie Ware
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
-Criss Jami
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
-Tennessee Williams
"Camino Real"
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
-Tahereh Mafi
"Shatter Me"
Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.
-Eugene O'Neill
Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them.
-Phoebe Steon
"The Boy on Cinnamon Street"
