Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
-Wendell Berry
"A Place on Earth"
Quotations
Loneliness
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
-Louisa May Alcott
"Little Women"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
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"
We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.
-Dejan Stojanović
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death.
-Sorin Cerin
"Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom"
If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.
-Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
