It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
"Infinite Jest"
Quotations
Loneliness
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
-Henry Rollins
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
-Edward Carey
"Observatory Mansions"
Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.
-John Powell
"Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?: 25 Guidelines for Good Communication"
Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.
-Marty Rubin
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
-Lois Lowry
"The Giver"
Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.
-Dejan Stojanović
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"
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
-George Eliot
