What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-Henrik Ibsen
Quotations
Loneliness
All great and precious things are lonely.
-John Steinbeck
"East of Eden"
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.
-Deb Caletti
"The Fortunes of Indigo Skye"
I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.
-Henry Rollins
"The Portable Henry Rollins"
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
-Jules Renard
I have no privacy. But I feel so alone.
-Susan Beth Pfeffer
"Life As We Knew It"
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
We live as we dream--Alone.
-Joseph Conrad
"Heart of Darkness"
The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!
-Edith Wharton
"The Age of Innocence"
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"
